Backcountry Camping Video - Summer

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Glacier National Park: This safety video is required viewing for all backcountry campers in Glacier National Park during summer. Topics include animal encounters, weather, hypothermia, heat exhaustion, dehydration, waste disposal, park preservation and regulations, food handling, and stock handling.

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Galleries

Glacier National Park, Montana, Camping, Safety, Animal Encounters, Safety

Keywords

animal encounters, backcountry, bears, black bear, bluff attack, camping, conservation, dehydration, fires, glacier, grizzly bear, heat exhaustion, hypothermia, montana, mountain lions, national park, park regulations, preservation, safety, stock, waste disposal, water-crossing, weather

Date of Video

December 11, 2002

Video Location

Glacier National Park, Columbia Falls, Mt

GPS

48°41'48"N × 113°43'6"W

Credit

Courtesy of the National Park Service. For a large collection of audio and video podcast episodes on many classroom topics, visit the National Park Service on iTunes U.

Movie Number

2689