Properly storing food at Maryland shelters
Myself and 3 others will be doing our first section hike of the AT - half of the Maryland section. We will be staying in tents - planning on the Crampton Gap shelter.
I have done a good bit of research on how we should handle our food at camp but keep finding conflicting opinions. Do the shelters in Maryland have food/bear boxes? Do we need to bear bag our food? Should we be worried about mice/rodents getting into our food? I've seen metal mesh bags you can buy to prevent mice from chewing through bags to get to your food - is this necessary?
We would prefer not to have to buy canisters or ursacks if it isn't necessary.
Thanks!