[pct-l] Mosquitoes in Washington

[Rob Langsdorf]

Daniel,

     The only place I recall the mosquitoes being particularly bad in Washington was around the ponds as you first climb into the Goat Rocks Wilderness. The other issue with mosquitoes is how recently the snow has melted out. We found that generally the mosquitoes tend to follow the snow melt by about 1000'. If it has melted a few weeks before you enter, the volume of mosquitoes will drop off.

              Mataguay Connector


________________________________
 From: Daniel Zellman <danielzellman at gmail.com>
To: PCT-L <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:56 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Mosquitoes in Washington
 

Greetings, All,

So Team no Hurries is planning on completing our PCT hike this summer --
Cascade Locks to Manning Park. (Okay, we actually made it to Trout Lake
before the weather stopped us last year, but we're just going to do all of
WA this summer.)

Anyway, wondering if folks who've hiked Washington in the past can speak to
the mosquito situation in late July and August. I've heard they can be
pretty bad, depending of course on how wet it is, etc., but was just
wondering what other folks' experience has been.

Thanks....

-dz

-- 
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
    --Buddhist proverb
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