Pop-ups and bears

That sign is not unusual at all. Some campgrounds are always closed to soft sided camping units.

IIRC Palamino and others had truck campers that had about a foot of canvas so they could raise the roof for more headroom. could use that without raising roof. also trailers with tip out canvas beds, etc. could possibly be used with out putting canvas part out.
I see nothing confusing about "are allowed as long as the canvas is not exposed".
bumpy

The sign is a little ambiguous to me. It says that Hard-sided pop-ups are allowed, but then states that small pickup pop-ups are allowed as long as the canvas is not exposed. Does that mean you are supposed sleep with the top down? :h Besides, it doesn't apply to me, I have a BIG pickup.

I agree that a hard sided trailer will not stop a bear. We have seen 10K worth of damage done to a t trailer. The wife was in the bathroom. Thinking the hubby was making a lot of noise she opened the door to see a bear in the main area of the trailer. Luckily, she had a door off the bathroom and got out. It took all of 15 minutes to do the damage.

We camp mainly in northern Ontario, with the bears. We have quite often been in a tent. At one place we were visited nightly by a large male. There would be a female and four cubs circle us nightly as we sat by the fire. Our trailer just makes us feel more secure, LOL. Reality....not a chance

That's funny as my hard sided camper or any other RV out there would not stop a bear that's determined to get in it. It may slow them down enough so I can make my escape out the front hatch while they come in the back door but then where would I go? Drive away with a bear in my TC? I bet the park ranger would love that.

I spent a week motorcycling in Canada living in a tent each night. At every campsite the ranger would warn of a grizzly prowling within the vicinity. We took precautions to put everything in the bear lockers and never had a problem. I was never told we couldn't camp because of a lack of hard sided RV.

Heard someone describe a Hennesey (camping) hammock as a "bear burrito."

Oh sure. Happens in Yellowstone sometimes too.