Bugs were not bad for us, we were on trail 6-10am. There were a few mosquitoes and horseflies but nothing warranting spray or head nets. We didn’t camp up high and were only there in the morning, however… recent reports made it sound heinous but that was not our experience and we are pretty biting-insect averse. We started at the Mt Townsend upper trailhead from the SE as seen on Google Maps.
the flowers are fantastic right now and huckleberries are starting to ripen. Smoke present from the Cushman fire but not awful. Did reduce the long distance views up high however!
trail is amazing, easily runnable if you have the legs for it!
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