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When I walked the JMT (too long ago to mention the date) in August of a
heavy snow year, the worst place was McClure Meadows. Approaching it, we
had warnings for 2-3 days. It was bad. We continued south to a smaller
higher meadow, whose name I don't recall; it was better but bad enough
that mosquitoes kept getting on the food in our spoons as we brought them
to our mouths! DEET kept us from bites, but it was annoying enough that
we stayed in our tent after dinner and waited for cooling before cleaning
our dishes.<br><br>
Pieces<br><br>
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At 11:02 PM 2/27/08, montypct wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Hey JJ !!!<br>
You were at K Meadows in 2004.<br>
That was the last place I saw you.<br>
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<font size=2>The first mosquito area I've ever had was Crabtree Meadows,
but not on a thru hike.<br>
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<font size=2>It still had enough in 2004.<br>
Last year they were bad enough to deet it up.<br>
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<font size=2>The worst were Rae Lakes 2004 and 2007<br>
You didn't need to carry food. You were constantly eating and
breathing mosquitos. Clouds of them.<br>
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About a days hike north of Tuolumne Meadows you cross a river.
Boulder hop. There's a big flat camping area that holds three or
four groups. Fire rings and all. Just before a big climb.
2004 my friend Christy and I were glad we had tents.<br>
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<font size=2>From there north was the longest stretch of mosquitos.
There's a mosquito pass or Mosquito Lake or both.<br>
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<font size=2>The worst part of that whole section 04 and 07 was Dorthy
Lakes. Getting up into the higher elevations near Sonora Pass the
mosquitos went away. I've never had mosquito problens north of
there.<br>
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<font size=2>Monty<br>
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