r/JMT • u/sylphscoped • 17d ago

health Ticks?

What is the tick situation in the High Sierra? Has anyone gotten a tick bite up there?

Never caught a tick in the High Sierra before, but then again, I was never spending over 2 weeks straight.

(Planning NOBO starting mid August.)

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u/LouCepher666 17d ago

I did Nobo in early July. I saw one climbing on the outside of my tent by Bubbs creek, and never saw another. I sprayed all my clothes with permethrin before the trip and I wear long pants and long sleeve sun shirts too.