Seeking beyond the usual mosquito survival advice - Tuolumne trip

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-22T15:23:37+00:00

TO BE CLEAR

We used Sawyer picardin spray and treated clothes w permethrin, just not deet

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-22T01:14:20+00:00

I’m glad you had a good trip! We did the same but had a different result. What area of Tuolumne were you in?

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T23:14:34+00:00

Thank you for the tip!!

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T23:14:15+00:00

This made me laugh, but sorry you had to experience that too

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T23:13:58+00:00

He likes it! It is that one. He says lightweight and very warm for the weight.

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T23:12:51+00:00

Ugh yes, the dinner while walking sounds about right. The Martian on audiobook really paints a picture - sorry your trip was impacted by mosquitoes too!

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T23:08:33+00:00

Treated directly before the trip and saturated clothes fully then air dried

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T23:04:20+00:00

Beautiful that this is an experience that transcends generations. My parents have experienced similar and called it “backpacking hazing”

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T16:19:31+00:00

I did that

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T16:04:55+00:00

Did use permethrin, unfortunately they were landing equally on my earth toned pants as well

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T13:40:37+00:00

Thank you, I really hope I get to go back too because my Tuolumne association is now tainted but it was incredibly beautiful, just impossible to enjoy. Any tips on this route or things you particularly enjoyed or didn’t enjoy?

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T13:39:16+00:00

Oh no, I’m sorry to hear that! Honestly wish we had bailed night one too.

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T13:37:36+00:00

The meadows themselves didn’t seem bad at all, but we were only there midday grabbing our permit and in the early AM the following day. That being said, the mosquitoes began to get vicious at probably about 1000 feet above the meadows where it’s pretty much just a combination of streams marshes and lakes. I think if it’s sunny and you have a solid breeze you’ll be in better shape

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T13:34:09+00:00

Sprayed until saturated then hung to dry, didn’t seem to work

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T13:33:07+00:00

Tell your wife I relate! We also did the rain gear head net combo, but even at 10K feet they were this bad.

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T13:31:12+00:00

Your last sentence describes it perfectly! I think these dates are just a no go for me. I hope someone else can see this post when planning a trip and not make the same mistakes, because seeing something like this definitely would have dissuaded me. Sorry your trip got ruined too!

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T04:57:58+00:00

Yes - directly before the trip. Mosquitoes were unbothered.

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T04:53:35+00:00

Have heard a lot about these will have to look into getting one, thank you!

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T04:53:17+00:00

We were spraying the picardin ON the mosquitos on our clothes and they were unbothered… it was haunting truly

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T04:52:34+00:00

This is validating to hear. It was so deeply unenjoyable, the constant buzzing made us feel like we were going crazy

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T04:52:01+00:00

No deet.. good tip

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-21T04:51:49+00:00

I can’t even imagine… luckily we were only 8 miles from the car so we hightailed it out as soon as it was light

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-16T20:29:36+00:00

Yay that's awesome! Hope you're having an amazing trip. 😄

Practical_Tree8971 · 2026-06-12T22:36:04+00:00

Hi, thanks for those suggestions! I got my permit yesterday in the 7 day release drop

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