Food storage in Southern Utah

[Kingtriton10]

Hello everyone,

Im new here, but was looking for some incite on storing food in canyons. My wife and I plan on backpacking the Dark Canyons in May, but unsure about storing food since there is a lack a trees. What do people generally do to accommodate these type of areas? Thanks

 

[Nethos]

When backpacking in Needles we used Ursacks. Mostly you just want something that's not going to get chewed through by little critters, larger animals aren't really a danger afaik.


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[regehr]

I hang food bags from bumps on boulders or cliffs when convenient, but haven't generally worried much about this, and haven't had problems that I can remember. I guess it would be different at heavily-used campsites that have a resident critter population. You do want to keep the food outside your pack at night so if something does go chewing it doesn't chew the pack material.

 

[Nick]

I believe there is a decent black bear population in the Dark Canyon area, but I would still probably just sleep with mine. x2 on not leaving it in your pack where the rodents will eat through to it.

 

[Brendan S]

Keep a clean camp, don't camp in places that look like they're used a lot, dont camp next to woodrat nests, food and everything in the pack at night. I rarely use a shelter and other than the occasional annoying mouse I've never had any issue.

 

[piper01]

The worst threat to my food I've faced in southern Utah was a mouse. I turned my back on my bag of hot cocoa mix for a few minutes while cleaning up from dinner, and a bold critter chewed a hole in it while I was still just a few feet away.