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Colorado bear canister rules 5 Colorado areas. 2 require a canister everywhere in the area; 2 do not require one. Rules are set by each land manager, not by the state.
Check a canister in Colorado Where are you hiking? Yosemite National Park Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs - Dusy Basin Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs - Rae Lakes Loop Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs - North Dome Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs - Rock Creek Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs - Pear & Emerald Lakes Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs - other backcountry Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier National Park Grand Teton National Park Yellowstone National Park Denali National Park & Preserve Great Smoky Mountains National Park North Cascades National Park Complex Mount Rainier National Park Olympic National Park Shenandoah National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve Crater Lake National Park Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve Katmai National Park & Preserve Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve Redwood National and State Parks Big Bend National Park Inyo NF - Bishop Pass / Treasure Lakes Inyo NF - Cottonwood Lakes Inyo NF - Duck Pass / Purple Lake Inyo NF - Fish Creek Inyo NF - Kearsarge Pass Inyo NF - Little Lakes Valley Inyo NF - Mammoth Lakes / Rush Creek Inyo NF - Mt. Whitney zone Inyo NF - other wilderness John Muir Wilderness Ansel Adams Wilderness Sierra NF wildernesses Desolation Wilderness Lake Tahoe Basin (outside Desolation) Hoover Wilderness Emigrant Wilderness Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Mokelumne Wilderness Sequoia NF Trinity Alps - Canyon & Swift Creeks Trinity Alps - other areas Mt. Shasta Wilderness Indian Peaks Wilderness Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness White River NF Weminuche Wilderness Bridger-Teton NF Custer Gallatin NF Shoshone NF Caribou-Targhee NF NCDE national forests Pisgah NF - Shining Rock Adirondack Eastern High Peaks Wilderness Which canister? BearVault BV ONE Adjustable BearVault BV425 Sprint BearVault BV450 Jaunt BearVault BV475 Trek BearVault BV500 Journey BearVault BV250 BearVault BV300 BearVault BV350 BearVault BV400 BearVault BV110B BearVault BV200 Wild Ideas (Bearikade) Weekender MKII Wild Ideas (Bearikade) Expedition MKII Grub Can Wave 6.6 L Grub Can Wave 10.0 L Grub Can Carbon/Kevlar 6.6 L Grub Can Carbon/Kevlar 4.5 L Grub Can Spirit Wave 7.2 L Grub Can GL500 Counter Assault Bear Keg Garcia Backpackers' Cache 812 Bare Boxer Contender 101 Bare Boxer Champ 202 Lighter1 Big Daddy Lighter1 Lil' Sami UDAP No-Fed-Bear REI Co-op Traverse Bear Can 25200 Ursack Major Ursack AllMitey Purple Mountain Engineering Tahoe
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BearVault BV ONE Adjustable in Indian Peaks Wilderness : accepted here.
IGBC-certified.
Area rule Canisters required year-round near all trailheads and in Diamond Lake and Jasper Lake zones; recommended elsewhere (otherwise 10 ft / 4 ft hang).
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