Please Post Your 2008 Skeeter Updates

[copeg]

From this past weekend July 19-21

Pioneer Basin: 4+ (Hard to rank based upon the rank descriptions because the wind was blowing them away our first day - when it stopped blowing they came out of nowhere in a frenzy. The following morning all was still, they were biting through 40% DEET, I inhaled more than I'd like to count, and I would describe it as a 6)

Fourth Recess Lake: 2

I heard from two parties that the skeeters in Hopkin's Basin were horrible, and based on the descriptions a 5

[maverick]

Hi TB

How was the smoke during the days? Okay for photography?

[copeg]

Hi TB

How was the smoke during the days? Okay for photography?

Hey Mav, didn't even notice any smoke. Driving Fri night there was a strip of smog across the SJ valley, but it didn't seem to effect much of anything.

[maverick]

That is what I wanted to hear. Your report and CG's make it time to hit the
mountains again. Posting some pic's and TR soon? Thanks TB

[mountaineer]

Heading to Twenty Lakes Basin Monday, any report from there?

[Alpenbro]

Glen Aulin 7/19 = 2
Young Lakes 7/21 = 3

Smoke was pretty much nil. Dark clouds and rain kept us off Conness tho (we made it to the marsh at the cirque below the plateau and turned back), guess that happens pretty often around Conness... next time!

[mountaineer]

Glen Aulin 7/19 = 2
Young Lakes 7/21 = 3

Smoke was pretty much nil. Dark clouds and rain kept us off Conness tho (we made it to the marsh at the cirque below the plateau and turned back), guess that happens pretty often around Conness... next time!

What about the skeeters?

[mountaineer]

Hoover Wilderness/20 Lakes Basin...

Conness Lakes-1
Cascade Lake, et al-2
Shamrock Lake-1
Meadow between Steelhead and McCabe Pass-2

July 27-Aug 1

[maverick]

Hey Mountaineer I know you got some sunset pic's of Upper McCabe your
going to post,right?
That ridge behind the lake turns crimson at sunset.

[mountaineer]

Didn't get any of that as I didn't spend the night at McCabe...in Yosemite NP and I don't do NP's if I can help it. Check out my new thread in a couple of minutes in the photography forum.