thorn726 wrote:great thread thanks for the info- i have a related question.. while obviously we must be able to eat lunch along the trail, and advice regarding cooking a meal on a day hike? we would only boil water and eat a mtn house, but assuming it is even allowed, is doing that along a trail for lunch very dangerous? i feel like maybe we should plan to bring cold snacks for day hiking// any advice?
I've seen people boiling water on stoves out on the trail a few times---always above tree line.
"Cooking" on the trail in the
woods is stupid imo.
Even a Mountain House meal can be smelled a long way off by a bear after you open the package to eat it. Yes, a bear's nose IS that good.
So preparing hot food in the woods, where visibility is very limited, is just asking for trouble imo.
I don't know for certain about the park's regs.
I looked just now through the park's website and didn't see anything answering the question of "cooking on the trail".
However, I'm pretty certain it's illegal, and I'm
positive it's highly discouraged if not.
Good policy too.
Otherwise there'd be too many yahoos littering up the landscape with "leftovers" which will indeed attract all sorts of attention from the critters.
And frankly, not worth the hassle imo---and nasty looks you might get from other hikers.
pete