[pct-l] Mosquitos

[Halmargolis at aol.com]

Chris, The more troublesome places for me were immediately after snow melt  
at elevations below 9k.  Coming down from Fox Springs (at the summit after  
Chimney Creek on the way to KM) at the bottom were hornets and stinging 
flies as  well, but only near the spring). Then north of Toulomne  meadows 
until all snow disappeared.  Then again in  Washington, north of Hwy 12 after 
the first climb for a few miles.  What I  discovered was that if I walked with 
a slip stream of about 2/12 or 3 MPH (It  helps if there is a headwind) 
they could not follow me.  In those  areas I put DEEP on my neckerchief and put 
on long pants and something with  sleeves.   
Best wishes for a great Hike.
Hal, Green Hornet, Margolis
 
 
In a message dated 2/28/2016 10:00:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
pct-l-request at backcountry.net writes:

From:  Christopher Reed _christopher.reed.kihoku at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:christopher.reed.kihoku at gmail.com) 

Thank you all again for the great replies to my previous posts.
Today I'm hoping someone can tell me where the insects/mosquitoes  start
getting really bad on the trail. We have headnets and are planning to  treat
clothing with Permethrin and carry DEET, but I would prefer not to  treat
our clothes or carry DEET until we need to.
If anyone has  any particular recommendations for dealing with bugs other
than the methods  above, and of course, sheer endurance because there's
nothing to be done,  I'd be most interested.