2022 Mosquito Reports
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Kearsarge to Whitney via Old JMT & SoSHR, July 24-30
Kearsarge Pass Trail / JMT junction: 1-2
Center Basin: 1-2
Wright Lakes Basin: 1 (windy)
Wallace Creek: 1 (windy)
Upper Boy Scout: 1-2
Trail Camp: 1
Center Basin: 1-2
Wright Lakes Basin: 1 (windy)
Wallace Creek: 1 (windy)
Upper Boy Scout: 1-2
Trail Camp: 1
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Hilton Creek Lakes Basin - Jul 30-31
Hilton Creek Lake #4 (i.e. the one that sets you up for Stanford N.) - 2
Hilton Creek Lakes #5 and up - 1
Hilton Creek Lakes #5 and up - 1
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Bubb's Creek>Charlotte Lake>East Lake 7/29-7/31
Bubbs Creek/Charlotte Creek area, 7/29 - 1
East Lake, 7/30 - 3 (got bitten up pretty good, but they weren't swarming so Deet and covering up helped)
Kearsarge Pass and JMT, 7/31 - 1 (it was quite stormy though)
East Lake, 7/30 - 3 (got bitten up pretty good, but they weren't swarming so Deet and covering up helped)
Kearsarge Pass and JMT, 7/31 - 1 (it was quite stormy though)
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Bubbs/Reflection/Center Basin/Forester/Milestone Basin and back again. 7/26-8/3
I'm going to just do an overview as the mosquitoes thing was kind of bizzare...then the big storm had an effect as well.
Most places were a 2 with easy avoidance c/o a headnet (the best invention!). However, many places were a zero with none at all, even in forests and of course open granite terrain...BUT, not always. There were places all along the route where I would get into full sun, mostly granite, and the skeeters would be buzzing around again at a level 2. Then I would drop into wet (lots of wet!) thick forest and they would disappear?!?
Full daylight. Dawn. Dusk. Time of day did not have much effect as often in evenings coming out of the tent after avoiding another drenching there would be not a one even in prime locations near lake or swampy ground.
Also, I think??? the huge amount of rain in places may have just drowned and crushed the buggers?!? Three days later on same trail sections I was outbound and now returning on = nothing. Too soon for that much difference.
The most aggressive skeeters were in the upper Kern River area near entry to Milestone Basin. They were a 3 in full day but they too had been tempered by the storm on return. Their kin, that had some protection from the deluge in trees around 11,000 ft. though were still present.
The Kern cut-off trail junction by that little lake was the worst of the whole trip = 10,700 ft. but from what I could tell elevation in general (except above 12,000 ft.) did not make much difference to the "mozzies" puzzle pattern.
Sorry, bit of a garbage mosquito report, but I could not figure it out out there anyhow! ~ Best, Michaelzim
Most places were a 2 with easy avoidance c/o a headnet (the best invention!). However, many places were a zero with none at all, even in forests and of course open granite terrain...BUT, not always. There were places all along the route where I would get into full sun, mostly granite, and the skeeters would be buzzing around again at a level 2. Then I would drop into wet (lots of wet!) thick forest and they would disappear?!?
Full daylight. Dawn. Dusk. Time of day did not have much effect as often in evenings coming out of the tent after avoiding another drenching there would be not a one even in prime locations near lake or swampy ground.
Also, I think??? the huge amount of rain in places may have just drowned and crushed the buggers?!? Three days later on same trail sections I was outbound and now returning on = nothing. Too soon for that much difference.
The most aggressive skeeters were in the upper Kern River area near entry to Milestone Basin. They were a 3 in full day but they too had been tempered by the storm on return. Their kin, that had some protection from the deluge in trees around 11,000 ft. though were still present.
The Kern cut-off trail junction by that little lake was the worst of the whole trip = 10,700 ft. but from what I could tell elevation in general (except above 12,000 ft.) did not make much difference to the "mozzies" puzzle pattern.
Sorry, bit of a garbage mosquito report, but I could not figure it out out there anyhow! ~ Best, Michaelzim
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- AaronRDavis
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Re: Rafferty Creek to Upper Lyell Fork of the Merced 8/7-8/11
1 almost everywhere, surprisingly even in many of the recent monsoon rain soaked and wet areas. Maybe a few at dusk near water, but not bad. I brought Picardin and applied it preemptively just once.
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Upper Middle Fork of Bishop Creek basin 8/10>15/2022
Over 6 days never used DEET as mosquito levels either 1 or 2 during trip except in marshy areas. Note have full body covering clothing and head gear. At sunsets, a few always did get into my tent, I'd then have to smash.
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8/7 thru 8/17 - Red Rock Basin, Red Mtn Basin, Bench Vly, Blackcap Basin, Blue Canyon, , Tunemah, Goddard Ck, Goddard Cn
O to 1 everywhere. Never broke out the juice.
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Lower Emigrant Wilderness 8/26-8/28
Bourland Meadow TH -> Big Lake and vicinity
0 everywhere, I don't think I saw a single mosquito the entire trip. Lots of annoying gnats/flies, though.
0 everywhere, I don't think I saw a single mosquito the entire trip. Lots of annoying gnats/flies, though.
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