Have any folks been in the situation where they weren't allowed to camp in an area -- in one of our soft-side pop-up campers -- because of problems/presence of bears, a hardside-RV-only restriction? Mainly asking about the ID/MT/WY area.
(I'm posting here in Trip Planning because it affects the planning of my upcoming trip.)
longhorn1 mentioned the possibility of this restriction on my ID-MT-WY trip planning topic, and 20 years ago in Glacier N.P. I camped in a c.g. that had this restriction posted (this was pre-camper -- I slept in the canopy-covered bed of my truck).
I assume that these restrictions, where they exist, are because of grizzly bears, not black bears...but I don't know.
I'm not familiar with this situation, don't know how common it is, as it's been 20 years since I've camped in griz country.
I'm mainly asking about the legal aspects, the restrictions, not whether our campers are actually unsafe/less-safe around bears. (That is, I'm sure that a grizzly could tear the door off even a hardside RV if they wanted to -- even black bears have bent car doors open in Yosemite Valley.)
So: Are hard-side-only restrictions common in ID/MT/WY (like, in many N.F. and N.P. areas) or are they rare -- only in places where there's been a special problem with bears?
Thanks.
(I know I've read this topic discussed on WTW before...but I can't find it right now, and I asked the same question here, but I wanted to make the question more prominent.)
(I'm posting here in Trip Planning because it affects the planning of my upcoming trip.)
longhorn1 mentioned the possibility of this restriction on my ID-MT-WY trip planning topic, and 20 years ago in Glacier N.P. I camped in a c.g. that had this restriction posted (this was pre-camper -- I slept in the canopy-covered bed of my truck).
I assume that these restrictions, where they exist, are because of grizzly bears, not black bears...but I don't know.
I'm not familiar with this situation, don't know how common it is, as it's been 20 years since I've camped in griz country.
I'm mainly asking about the legal aspects, the restrictions, not whether our campers are actually unsafe/less-safe around bears. (That is, I'm sure that a grizzly could tear the door off even a hardside RV if they wanted to -- even black bears have bent car doors open in Yosemite Valley.)
So: Are hard-side-only restrictions common in ID/MT/WY (like, in many N.F. and N.P. areas) or are they rare -- only in places where there's been a special problem with bears?
Thanks.
(I know I've read this topic discussed on WTW before...but I can't find it right now, and I asked the same question here, but I wanted to make the question more prominent.)