[pct-l] Conditions around Lake Tahoe

[Michelle]

I’m not sure when you were on the west side - you did the trail fast. I started 6/22 at Tahoe Meadows, went clockwise, and got off at Echo Chalet 6/28. The 27th & 28th from Big Meadow to Echo were the day after it rained, so it was definitely marshy & incredibly mosquito-infested. 
You would love hiking with me, as I am one of those mosquito magnets. Despite using almost an entire pen of repellant in less than 16 hours, they were biting me through my (long-sleeved) shirt. They did not go through my pants, however, so that was thoughtful of them. :-p
I’m planning to go back and finish the 1st week of August when they should all be gone. 

On Jul 2, 2014, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I didn't think the west side was marshy at all.  Certainly no wetter
> then I remember late July of 2009 being when I thru-hiked.  I thought
> the mosquitos weren't bad at all for the time of year (pretty good for
> a June) and they barely bothered me (long sleeves, pants, and a hat
> treated with permithrin with no DEET worked for me).  I did see them
> occasionally swarming others but when they are exposing so much skin
> (running shorts and short sleeves or a tank top) its like they were
> trying to entice the little buggers.  Better them then me though.
> Some people are mosquito mangnets and are great to hike around since
> they get all the bugs.