Bear Bag Rope System

Truly though their odor resistant bear bag is nothing more than a small nylon dry bag.

Bear bag rope system.

Their spiffy color lines rope are just neon colored paracord there are 2 small carabiners and their rock sock is just a small pouch to put rocks in for slinging the paracord line over a branch. It has 5 components. All in it weighs 4 0 oz. You ll need some lightweight strop rope for hanging the bear bag.

The standing end of the rope is clipped back through the carabiner and then the bear bag is hoisted all the way to the top of the branch. A bear hang is an improvised system of cord sacks or bags and sometimes carabiners and pulleys used to suspend food in a tree primarily to protect it from black bears as well as from rodents especially in high use campsites and grizzly bears in select areas only. The material is even slightly rodent resistant as persistent rodents usually give up before causing major damage to the bag. A ultralight stuff sack capable of holding 4 5 days of food 40 feet of reflective guy line a mesh throw sack a mini biner and an opsack.

At this point use a small stick or even a spare stake to use as a toggle. The rope is thrown over the cable or limb and run back through the carabineer. Place it as high on the rope as you can. So i assembled the following bear bag system that i ve been using very successfully over the past 2 years.

A rock sack makes bear bagging easier. Pay attention to which hang you want to use. Just put in a rock pebbles or sand tie on your cord and toss it up over a branch. Some hang methods require more rope.

The load is lifted to the cable and then the stick is tied with a simple loop as high as possible on the rope being pulled down on. Firmly hold the rope that is suspending the bear bag so it doesn t slip. Selkirk design ultralight food bag hanging system includes a waterproof bear bag pulley system with paracord nylon ropes carabiners rock sok and instructions 4 4 out of 5 stars 203 32 95 32. The pct method uses a single rope that is tossed over a high sturdy branch and is then clipped to the bear bag with a mini carabiner.