Just back from 3 days in the Cerise Creek area where we climbed Mt. Mattier yesterday. It has been so long since the last refreeze, that there are 2 obvious difficulties in the alpine right now. First is the continuing deterioration of the snow pack, which has snow cover at about mid September conditions of last year in this area. Big snowbridges that are melting away with lots of isothermal snow is the main problem, making travel a little trickier in certain places. The other major issue is the mosquitoes!!!! The bugs are pretty horrendous at almost all elevations, bring bug dope or be prepared to do battle with the clouds of mosquitoes until the next freeze up high.
Evan Stevens
Mountain Guide
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