Soft Side Truck Campers in Alaska
We are doing preliminary planning for 3rd trip to Alaska summer 2019. Seriously considering buying a Northstar Soft side truck camper and leaving our travel trailer at home. Should we be concerned...
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Poor bear management practices (smelly food, garbage, etc) results in bears destroying 4" wood doors to get into cabins.
Keep your food in "smell proof" containers, your garbage in the dumpster, and your fish guts back at the river and you won't have problems.
As mentioned by others, it's pretty rare to have bear encounters in any sort of "developed" (using that term VERY broadly) CG up here.
Now that the hair is either grey or gone, my excursions usually end at a cabin, but "back in the day" I've had years with 100+ nights out in a tent and no bear issues. There is a fair amount of undue bear hysteria in Alaska.....IMNSHO.
Keep your food in "smell proof" containers, your garbage in the dumpster, and your fish guts back at the river and you won't have problems.
As mentioned by others, it's pretty rare to have bear encounters in any sort of "developed" (using that term VERY broadly) CG up here.
Now that the hair is either grey or gone, my excursions usually end at a cabin, but "back in the day" I've had years with 100+ nights out in a tent and no bear issues. There is a fair amount of undue bear hysteria in Alaska.....IMNSHO.
