To all hikers, There should now be 1,500 less bears in California to worry about than there was a few months ago. Check out the following L.A. Times article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000098081dec10.story?coll=la%2Dheadl ines%2Dcalifornia We didn't see any wildlife (except birds and squirrels) this weekend on our Mt. Baldy hike. Vic