[at-l] bear feeding

[KarenS62 at aol.com (KarenS62@xxxxxxx)]

<<Bears love altitude, the best blueberries grow high, nut bearing trees line the ridgelines, and those two legged creatures have made fine smelly trails to follow. From Maine to the Smokys open mountain sides offer super bear
watching. Bear bagging on a bald (or anywhere you don't find tall trees) has it's own particular challenges. >>

Charles, not sure which Silar you are talking about, but since all the shelters in the Smokies have the bear cables why wouldn't you use them?  FWIW, the only place I have seen bears while hiking is on the AT in the Smokies and these ones were pretty habituated to people. There were stories in the Silar Bald shelter register a couple years back of bears waiting for hikers to get their stuff down from the bear cables, then charging them so they drop the pack and run. 

POG