2023-06-01, 04:52 PM
(2023-06-01, 09:50 AM)Daymoth Wrote: Well as this year goes the second week of august may be the mosquito apocalypse, fire season, none or both.
Yup, with the new fire regimen you just don't know. Smoke tracking tools are as important as my topo maps on some
trips. When you can't see much, hard to get motivated to go high, though I've had some times in the eastern Sierra where visibility was OK till 11 or 12 (motivation to be on the trail at crazy early hours).
I enjoy seeing PCT hikers in WA in September. The ones who make it that far are damned tough!
Mosquitoes... ugh, hope not!!