High Sierra Topix

might be too late for you to die young...
projection?

Day1- Relief Reservoir
0-1, breezy, HOT a few at dusk only

Day2- Middle Emigrant Lake via Brown Bear Pass
none until Emigrant Meadow Lake, which was 3-4, very wet meadow
Surprisingly once at Middle Emigrant only 1 a few at dusk, breezy and HOT

Day3- Summit Creek at Lewis Lake confluence
None all the way back. off trail route on slope above Middle Emigrant Lake with few mosquitoes
Summit Creek had none all day, a few at dusk, only in deep timber

Day4- day hike to Upper Lewis Lake 6AM to 10AM - none
hiked back to Relief Reservoir- only a few at dusk

Day5- walk out - none

People going out from Emigrant Lake said there were a lot there.

The heat was the main problem. 85 degrees in the shade all afternoon, in sun, miserable with rocks almost too hot to touch. Perhaps mosquitoes would be worse when (if) it cools down to normal temperatures.

Day 1
- 0-1 from Pine Creek TH to French Canyon, not biting during the day
- 1-2 in French Canyon, not biting during the day
- 3-4 at Merriam Lake. Covered head nets and clothes. They started biting around 5pm and went to bed at 9:30pm. We ate dinner in rain gear and head nets, but were fine overnight in our bivvies with bug mesh.

Day 2
- 3-4 at Merriam Lake in the morning (they woke up and started biting around 6am, got pretty bad around 8am)
- 2-3 through climb up to La Salle Lake (would bite when we stopped but otherwise okay)
- 0 through Bear Lakes Basin during the day
- 1 at Vee Lake in the evening

Day 3
- 1 at Vee Lake in the morning
- 0 through Brown Bear Lake, Lake Italy, Upper Mills Creek Lake during the day
- 2 at Lower Mills Creek Lake in the evening

Day 4
- 2 at Lower Mills Creek Lake in the morning
- 0 through Second Recess and Mono Creek
- 1 at Fourth Recess Lake (lots of large immature swarms but they weren't biting yet)

Day 5
- 1 at Fourth Recess Lake in the morning
- 0 over Mono Pass and out LLV

1-2 all three days, most obvious in the evening, a little bit of bug stuff would take care of them but I saw some people wearing bug nets which seemed liked overkill to me

7/11:
Long Lake - 2
Bishop Lake - 2-3

7/12:
Dusy Basin - 2-3

7/13:
Dusy Basin - 2
Bishop Lake - 2
Long Lake - 2

7/9 Sunrise Lake (Middle)
1 most of the time, 3 in the evening and morning.
Horseflies were plentiful and biting (ouch!)

7/10 Sunrise Creek (close to Half Dome trail)
1

0 from the trailhead to Cottonwood pass
2 at chicken spring lake
0 just after chicken spring to lower soldier lake
0 from lower soldier to miter basin (taking the shortcut up the inlet of lower soldier)
0 miter basin
0 sky blue lake
1 iridescent lake, many gnat like bugs but no biting

I hiked out of Cliff Lake trailhead and camped at Island Lake 7/12 and returned 7/13.
-4 in the meadows before/after the burned area. Even moving briskly wasn't sufficient to keep them from landing.
-2 at lakes during day with sun out and breeze, 3-4 at dawn/dusk.

7/12-7/14

0 from Rush Creek to Spooky Meadow
2 from Spooky Meadow, over Agnew Pass, and heading towards Shadow Lake
4 at Shadow Lake...borderline 5 around 6pm
3 all the way past Vivian lake and around towards the approach to Minaret Falls
1/2 at Minaret Falls through Minaret Lake
0 through Cecile, Iceberg lakes
2/3 around Ediza up towards Ritter
0/1 from Whitebark Pass, Garnet Pass
2 at Thousand Island

2 during entire trip. Note that I had sprayed my clothes with Permethrin. Having finished a couple of days ago, I haven't noticed any bites.