Btw..for what bag to use on a bear pole? This is one case where you can use anything. I often just take my Ursack bear bag and use hat (since it keeps birds out) but you could use a stuff sack as well or a cotton bag. What ever you use, I often place my food bag in a plastic grocery sack and tie the sack around it in case it rains.

If, as I said, you are doing Rainier....there are a couple camps with mice issues but those are not on the Wonderland Trail. There the Ursack works wonders.

And if again...it is Rainier...the bears are small up here and rarely come into camp. Even when I go cross country at Rainier I rarely feel any fear. I have seen most of my bears at Rainier....but the bears actually fear us. Which is good!