[cdt-l] How are the bugs for the Nobo on the CDT?

[Lorine Giangola]

Yes, I think that would be nuts.  The mosquitos were
pretty brutal in July, and in some places they stayed
up at night much later than I did.  I was an early
nobo last year, and the worst mosquitos were in
northern Colorado (mid- to end-June) and the Winds
(mid-July).  (One good thing about the Great Divide
Basin is the reprieve from the bugs.)
 
I found the flies to be more annoying than the
mosquitos.  Wyoming should have a big fly on its state
flag instead of a buffalo.  I've never experienced
flies like the ones I encountered north of the Winds,
through Yellowstone, and into southern Montana (this
was all during the month of July).  Big flies, little
flies, medium flies--all swarming, many biting.  But
all of the mosquitos and flies seemed to disappear for
the most part by early August, and I didn't use a
shelter much after that.  In July, though, I was glad
to have a tent.
Salamander

--- Francis Tapon <ft at francistapon.com> wrote:

> I've heard many say that the CDT is colder than the
> PCT. This would imply
> that the mosquitoes disappear at night. 
> 
> Would it be nuts to not take a bug proof shelter in
> July? 
> 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ginny & Jim Owen
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> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 4:39 PM
> > To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [cdt-l] How are the bugs for the Nobo
> on the CDT?
> > 
> > We had no bug problems in New Mexico.  In Colorado
> they appeared in the
> > northern San Juans through about Leadville. 
> Biting flies were a bit of a
> > problem in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
>   We wear Supplex pants
> > and shirts so they don't bite through, so
> generally bugs don't bother us
> > that much. We used DEET only about 5 times in all.
> > 
> > Southbound we hit bad bugs in southern Montana and
> northern Wyoming.  In
> > wet
> > areas the mosquitoes were bad, in dry areas the
> biting flies were a major
> > problem.
> > 
> > Pretty much figure July as the problem month, no
> matter where you are.
> > 
> > Ginny
> > 
> >
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