Originally Posted by
kaos joe
An anecdote from a back, not bike, packing trip.
Years ago on my first trip out West I brought along all of the above in ziplock bags along with all my other foods in a bear canister (grizzly country). It was August and got up into the 60's-70's, and all the above food sweated out oils, which made their way past the ziplock seals and leaked all over the inside of the can. So I was one big pungent piece of bear bait. I spent MUCH time scrubbing the contents and the inside of the can with snow and chucking the contaminated snowballs as far into Upper Aero Lake as I could. As it was the only creatures to visit camp that night were mountain goats.
So be mindful of containing those foods effectively.
Good point. They can put out a lot of messy oil. I bet it would be a real mess if it escaped into the rest of your food or worse yet your gear. I have not had much trouble containing them in good quality Ziploc bags, the heavy duty freezer ones, but double bagging is a good idea especially if they will get rough handling or be packed tightly with other things that are hard on the bags. I think we most often single bagged the individual items, but did have the collection of items in another big Ziploc bag. Strangely enough I don't recall ever carrying that kind of stuff in my bear canister, but if I had, I'd probably individually double bag the items.
It is always smart to segregate all food from clothing and other gear like sleeping and shelter stuff, but it is especially true of this stuff.