Mosquitoes in the High Sierra

[Carne_DelMuerto]

Chalk up another thing I've learned on this forum. I try to use DEET sparingly as well, but when the bugs are bad I lather it on. I never thought to pre-treat my clothes. I will definitely try that this summer.

I'll say this for the experience of being eaten alive by clouds of Sierra mousquitos: it makes the few that show up at almost any backyard summer BBQ inconsequential. I'll see people swatting one on their arm and say, "skeeters are getting bad" and think to myself, "You don't know how bad it can get."

[Cross Country]

The key is to always come fully prepared and AlmostThere put it concisely and succinctly. It also matters when you go and where you camp. It also helps to be lucky hereditarily. I nether swell nor itch, nor do my 2 sons. There Mother did a lot.

[dave54]

As for the worst place I would nominate the Caribou Wilderness as being near the top of the list. The interior valley is a coniferous swamp.

[whrdafamI?]

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