What not to leave in your camper

We will be in Yellowstone late June. I was hoping someone would be specific about what not to leave in our camper. We will be staying 3 nights at the Canyon campground and 2 nights in Grant campground. I know the obvious stuff like food. I have also heard make up and shampoo%26#39;s. Is there anything else we need to know? Thanks for all your help. A little more than 2 months for now and counting. Rhonda

What not to leave in your camper

Hard side camper or tent camper? Anything that has a sweet odor or food odor will attract wildlife. The rules may be different for a hard side camper. Check with a ranger if you have questions. They are the ones you will have to deal with if your camper is broken into by wildlife.

What not to leave in your camper

We%26#39;ll be in a pop up tent camper.

With a pop-up camper, you are under the same rules as in a tent. No food or beverages, nothing that smells good. This is for the safety of the wildlife as well as you and your camper. If a bear learns that there can be food in there, it may seek other campers or tents and then it will be killed. Make sure you have it cleaned out anytime it is set up. Check to see what the rangers say about anything in it if it is taken down and latched shut. I know you can have things in the trunk of your car or in a bear proof box that they provide.

simply have no food smells in your pop-up camper, have a pair of sleep clothes for sleeping and all other things leave in your vehicle or the bear box. Don%26#39;t eat in their or anything would be the way to go, Have fun!!! and yes shampoo soap toothpaste and make up deodorant all should be left in the vehicle.

Question? You say not to eat in there. I assume cooking in there is out of the option also.

O.K. I am just going to give you an example of how we treated our camping trip last year. We did 2 different styles, backcountry, and front country. We went hiking from Shoshone lake down to the bechler area, the cascade corner of the park, how we approached it and how rangers recommend it is 1 guy carried all the food, it was double ziplocked. Then when we set up camp we cooked next to the bear pole, and set up our tent 100 yards away from where we ate and cooked. Then we put all of our days dirty clothes in with his pack and the remainder of the food and it went up in the tree, we had 1 set of sleeping clothes, that we never ate in. As for night time as well we were about 15 miles from anything civilized so we also had bear spray, when 1 of us needed to relieve our selves we took another person and always had our bearspray with us to he restroom and we slept with it. Now when we got to the front country, you really cant cook 100 yards away from where you are sleeping but cook away from your tent, then make sure you clean up all of it, either trash it or burn the remaining food, then put all cookware back in the vehicle, and still change into your sleep clothes, Also0 for the front country we still slept with bear spray just to feel at ease and always went as groups to the restroom at night. I hope this helped we weren%26#39;t paranoid and it didn%26#39;t feel that way just careful. Have a great time, I will be there in early June.

You really need to ask the ranger at the campground. A pop-up camper is a bit different from a tent in that your food storage and cooking unit are in the camper. You may want to call Xanterra, the park concessionaire that runs the campgrounds and lodging and ask them how to handle this. 1-866-439-7375

I camp for 3 months (May through July) in California%26#39;s Trinity Alps with lots of bears, coyotes, Cougars Etc. I use my Gas/electric fridge filed with food without a problem. I do secure other foods.

I often see coyotes %26amp; even an occasional bear. The difference being is there is a hunting season so bears are much more people shy than in a National park.

I have never understood the Pop-up ban at certain locations as anyone who has seen a car or RV%26#39;s trunk/doors ripped off as I have seen often in Yosemite, Kings Canyon/Sequoia %26amp; Lassen National parks I know that metal gives virtually no protection from a hungry bear.

Yosemite and Yellowstone have different bear issues. The bears in Yellowstone do not break into cars but may come into campgrounds looking for food left at sites or in tents.

Some campsites have bear boxes, but most people leave their food and other food related items in their cars. You can not leave food or other food related items in your tent trailer when you are not using them.

I would not use scented fabric softener/dryer sheets or smelly detergent to wash the clothes you will be sleeping in.

That said...there have been few bear attacks or serious injuries caused by bears in the park in recent years. Interesting reading at www.yellowstone-bearman.com

Have a great trip.

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