2017 Mosquito Reports

[TFTF]

9/1 Tomahawk Lake in Humphreys Basin - 2-3 (used headnet at dusk)
9/2 Below (just west of) Pine Creek Pass - 3+ (my friend would argue 4)
9/3 Royce Lakes - 1 (breezy, was there in afternoon)

[rayfound]

Well, My experience same time as TFTF was a bit different - Though I did apply deet a couple times a day, my experience was more in the (2) range for all:

Tomahawk/Mesa/Puppet/French Canyon/Elba/Pine Creek Pass.

That said - TFTF - You wouldn't happen to be one of the ladies we talked to on Saturday morning before ascending puppet pass would you?

[Buford]

September 1-4

Baxter Pass trail east side - 0
Baxter Lakes - 2-4 - Wind cleared them out good.
Sixty Lakes 1-4 depending on which lake and time of day.

Some areas almost none, some large swarms with 10+ landing on you at once trying to extract the blood toll for being there. Wind helped. Headnet required. No cowboy camping. DEET would have been nice.

[sambieni]

August 28 - September 1: SEKI Deadman Canyon Loop

Ranger Lake: 2
Roaring River: 2
Deadman Canyon: 1
Bearpaw Meadow: 3
HST Hike out: 3-4 (lots of gnats too) on last 3-5 miles

[BayHiker]

August 29-31

Lyell Canyon, near where Maclure Creek flows into the Lyell Fork: 2
Basin below the Lyell Glacier's terminal moraine: 1 during the day, did not experience at dawn/dusk.

September 1-3

Dog Lake / Young Lakes trail: 2
Upper Young Lake: 3-4. I used my headnet over a broad-brimmed hat and tucked it into a rain shell. Wind helped when it was blowing, but it was intermittent at best.
Mt. Conness and approach: 1

[papercup]

8/31-9/4

Lower Pine Lake to Honeymoon Lake-- 3
Granite Park-- 1, maybe a 2 in the lower parts
Bear Lakes Basin--1

[wildhiker]

Elevations 7000 feet (Sugarloaf Valley and Roaring River) to 11,400 feet (Elizabeth Pass & Horn Col).
Still air or light breezes. Almost always no mosquitos while walking (level 1). When stopped in damp areas, a few would try to land on you. Evening camps up to level 2 - at most half a dozen trying to land on you. Kept away with a little DEET. Always went away at dark, even though it wasn't very cold.

Hi Sambieni - I went up and back down Deadman Canyon on Sept 1-3, right after you. I thought mosquitoes were closer to level 1 at Roaring River but level 2 in Deadman Canyon.

-Phil

[jimmyjamhikes]

9/6-8 Yosemite Trip. Tuolumne Meadows to Matterhorn Canyon to Matterhorn Pass to Stanton Pass down Spiller Creek and back down to Tuolumne Meadows, mosquitoes were a 0 everywhere. Yay!

Trip report here:
https://jimmyjamhikingclub.wordpress.co ... -yosemite/
https://jimmyjamhikingclub.wordpress.co ... horn-pass/
https://jimmyjamhikingclub.wordpress.co ... er-canyon/

[AaronRDavis]

Between 9k and 11k, mostly a 1, but still more than expected for September. Evenings near wet areas were closer to a 2. Long sleeves and pants recommended, and I used a few dabs of deet.

[skyline]

Not sure if anyone is still looking at these since it's so late in the season, but just got back from 3 nights in Big Pine North Fork area. Trailhead to 7th lake, glacier trail, cloudripper climb, all zero.