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Don Grall

whitewater kayaker, alpine skier, professional nature,wildlife,sports photographer

If you go in August you will not see any mosquitoes, the downside though is you will be past the wildflower season or near the tail-end of it. Also, black bears can be a problem for your food storage. We used a food bag with a rope and tossed the bag on top of house sized boulders with the rope hanging to just barely within reach of our hands. I don't think bear canisters weren't available then (~mid-1980's).