How we secure our food at night. Without bear hangs.

Protecting food at night is a priority in bear country.

There are various ways. The most common/traditional way is a bear hang, that is putting a rope over a suitable high branch and securing your food in a bag and hoist it up in a rope.

The modern upgrades we are using are Kevlar bags that the bears cannot tear open, tied closed and tied to a tree.

And that there is the “butterbox” for any squashable items. It a plastic can the bears can neither crack nor carry away