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altersego
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Rachel Lake, yesterday: annoying but not awful thanks to a good breeze at the lake. Lower elevations varied. Seemed like you could hike fast enough and not get bit. But that slog up the rooty, rocky last mile is slow going, so you'd probably want some repellant.
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Moose
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 Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:10 pm |
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| Arginine wrote: | | Really bad last weekend at Headlight Basin. PTSD bad. The flowers were pretty though. |
Ugh I was hoping to head that way this weekend. Were they bad from the TH? Or just in the basin / near Lake Ingalls?
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RichP
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Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:15 am |
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I spent a couple of days in the Mt Aix area and saw only a couple.
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Arginine
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Arginine
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Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:50 am |
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| Moose wrote: | | Arginine wrote: | | Really bad last weekend at Headlight Basin. PTSD bad. The flowers were pretty though. |
Ugh I was hoping to head that way this weekend. Were they bad from the TH? Or just in the basin / near Lake Ingalls? |
Not bad until the basin. Too hot when we passed. Didn’t stick around the lake long as we were climbing Ingalls. The minute it went dark in the basin they went away, just as expected. They returned at dawn. I used picardin repellent which worked well. I would recommend a tent, not a bivy sack
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Moose
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Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:59 am |
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| Arginine wrote: | | Moose wrote: | | Arginine wrote: | | Really bad last weekend at Headlight Basin. PTSD bad. The flowers were pretty though. |
Ugh I was hoping to head that way this weekend. Were they bad from the TH? Or just in the basin / near Lake Ingalls? |
Not bad until the basin. Too hot when we passed. Didn’t stick around the lake long as we were climbing Ingalls. The minute it went dark in the basin they went away, just as expected. They returned at dawn. I used picardin repellent which worked well. I would recommend a tent, not a bivy sack |
Thanks for the info. Not planning to stick around the basin either (hoping to head up Ingalls and then over to Fortune). Just don't want it to be a bugfest the entire day.
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North Cascades
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Bugs were thick at Gem Lake last week. Not nearly as bad at Snow Lake.
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I'm Pysht
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I was camping down low along the Skagit River this weekend and was surprised at the lack of bugs. I have a bite or two, but didn't see (or hear) a single mosquito.
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Arginine
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Arginine
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Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:12 pm |
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Was at Palisades Lakes yesterday. Bugs were so bad I may need therapy. I almost started running & screaming on the way out. Really pretty place though. TONS of flowers. Weird thing is, I was staying at White River CG and there were NO bugs there.
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scottk
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Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:24 pm |
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Spent 3 days hiking Hannigan Pass Copper Ridge. First 2 days were cool and partially cloudy with minimal bugs (a few mosquitoes). Third day was hot and the flies were out in force down in the trees. We did find refuge at 6,000 ft on Hannigan Peak with a nice breeze.
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gb
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Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:25 pm |
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A few gnats, a couple of mosquitoes in the dry country of the eastern Olympics but the Horseflies love hot weather. Lot's of annoying buzzing but the final score was Gary 2, Horseflies nothing.
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FiresideChats
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Few mosquitoes in the forest up to Squire Creek Pass on Fri-Sat, then a a fair but manageable number of skeeters and flies at the pass.
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coldrain108
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At 5000 feet in the Olympics. Near snow melt, but not near any lakes.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
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Navy salad
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| scottk wrote: | | Spent 3 days hiking Hannigan Pass Copper Ridge. |
The worst bugs I can ever remember were on the first few miles of this trail, heading towards Hannigan on a hot, windless day! But once I passed over the pass, they practically disappeared.
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coldrain108
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| Navy salad wrote: | | The worst bugs I can ever remember were on the first few miles of this trail |
For us it was heading down to the car after a few days on Copper Ridge. We sprinted with full packs all the way from Hannigan pass to the parking lot, threw packs to the ground and dove into the cars just to catch our breath. It was by far the worst I've experienced in WA. Just flies, lots of flies, Exorcist level flies.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
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I'm Pysht
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Bugs were very bad on top of Granite Mt. this morning. I've never noticed them there before, but I don't think I've ever gone mid-summer. Bring a headnet if you're going soon.
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