[pct-l] No-see-ums on PCT?

[Brett]

It sounds like you're referring to gnats there (or black flies?). 
No-see-ums, of the sort screened out by no-see-um netting, are extremely 
small and generally attack by stealth.

I've never encountered no-see-ums anywhere along the PCT. Even on the AT 
they're of fairly limited concern, typically in late summer on warm 
humid nights in grassy fields and other open areas.

- blisterfree


JoAnn wrote:
> Hello from /real/ northern California. I do not know the specific, 
> scientific name for what we have up here, but we call them 
> "no-see-ums". They are in the lower elevations (2000' +/-) and swarm 
> your face getting in your eyes and nose at times. They probably would 
> never be a reason to stop hiking but they will really be a 
> pain-in-the-butt. I take my neckerchief and very rapidly swoosh it 
> back and forth in front of my face; it isn't perfect but improves the 
> trail environment, a lot. You'd run into around here in section and in 
> the Castle Crags State Park. Once you climb out of the canyon and are 
> at much higher elevations, your problem goes away.
>  
> are we there yet