Bear Box at White Chief Trailhead (MK05)
Generated on 10 Aug 2024 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster
Detail Map of waypoint MK05
in Mineral King Area:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)
- MK05 is 1 large box, at about 7900 feet,
in the GPS route MINERAL KING.
- Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Nov 2015:
This seldom-used trailhead (to White Chief Mine/Peak
and Hengst Peak) is across the stream from the Mineral King
pack station. There are restrooms and trash facilities just
above the stream crossing, and a large bear box at the trailhead.
- MK05 coordinates: (see GPX waypoint download links above)
(lat,lon) = (36.4497200, -118.5954300) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
(zone,east,north) = (11S, 357103.0, 4034817.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
- Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Mineral King Area region.
Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.
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