[pct-l] Best time to hike washington

[Will M]

Thanks everyone  for the great  info.  I'll definitely try to hit this
section in August.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jo Pegrum Hazelett
<joph at piedmontbsa.org>wrote:

> I would add to the comments below that it is best to be prepared for rain
> and snow no matter when you go. As section hikers, my husband and I chose
> to
> do each half of Washington in the middle 2 weeks of August. We were told by
> lots of people, especially Washingtonians that it was our best shot at
> staying dry and avoiding most of the mosquitoes. On both trips (in 2
> separate years) we had rain and or the famous Northwest drizzle which just
> soaks you to the skin. On August 21, 2008 I have photos of us in an all out
> blizzard! So, go prepared! (We also had some great weather, but Washington
> is not Southern California!).
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> Jo (PCT 08)
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> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:21:04 -0700
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> From: Brian Lewis <brianle8 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Best time to hike washington
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>  Jalan jalan asked when it's best to hike Washington, and Dicentra replied:
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> "July 5th through early/mid September sometime", and she went on to add
> that
> there are two seasons in Seattle ... "August and Rain."
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> For reasonable (not too much snow) backpacking times of year I would
> generally agree with the above, with a caveat about bugs.  Along the PCT in
> WA state my general rule of thumb is that July is buggy and August &
> September are nice (with the latter getting a bit colder and of course
> decreasing length of daylight).  August is generally a great time to get
> huckleberries and wild blueberries too.  Of course this is approximate, and
> this stuff varies by the year --- snow melted later than usual last year,
> which impacted both of these factors.
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> Two years ago I did a fair bit of hiking in July, and what I found was that
> in places I enjoy hiking in August there were a lot of pools and mostly
> melted snow around, perfect breeding grounds for the mosquitos that were
> all
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> about me.   You can get some great wildflowers in July, however, and I'm
> not
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> suggesting that all of WA state is a continuous bug feeding frenzy for the
> entire month, but all things being equal --- pick August.
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> Brian Lewis / Gadget '08
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