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Calgary, Alberta
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Posted - 04/12/2012 : 6:52 PM
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Any Ticks in Lk Louise Area in May?
Anybody have any feedback. I know highway 40 and the Kananaskis has loads of them in the spring due to all the mtn sheep but not sure on Lake Louise.
Regards
Allan A
http://www.truedino.com
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Posted - 04/13/2012 : 04:09 AM
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Originally posted by mtnview
Any Ticks in Lk Louise Area in May?
Anybody have any feedback. I know highway 40 and the Kananaskis has loads of them in the spring due to all the mtn sheep but not sure on Lake Louise.
Regards
Allan A
http://www.truedino.com
I imagine it depends almost solely on the highly variable weather? I'd also guess that the colder temps mean the population is probably a bit lower there in general. |
Edited by - DCIPHER on 04/13/2012 04:12 AM |
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Posted - 04/13/2012 : 05:43 AM
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out of all the scrambling i've done,i've only found as tick or two on me in the past 5 years.
one time down around waterton and once around yamnuska. not saying that there are none,but i wouldnt worry about them around louise. |
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Calgary, Alberta
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Posted - 04/13/2012 : 06:12 AM
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I've never seen any ticks around Lake Louise. I imagine the number of people and snow taking longre to melt has sheep seeking other pastures.
Highway 40 is tick Mecca! After Opal Ridge, my friend had 9 on her.
Why do you wonder about ticks? |
Edited by - Marko on 04/13/2012 06:13 AM |
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Calgary, Alberta
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Posted - 04/13/2012 : 11:23 AM
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| Oh I was planning to camp at Banff or Lake Louise on the May long weekend and perhaps hike Mt St Piran with some family including Vicki and her 1 year old. |
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Salmon Arm, BC
Canada
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Posted - 04/17/2012 : 10:47 AM
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I recall hiking in snow many times on May Long at LL, St Piran could be a trudge especially with the snowpacks this year (with more arriving all the time!)
PS I've never seen or heard of ticks at LL, and even if they were there they wouldn't be out locally that early in the spring. |
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Calgary, AB
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 3:02 PM
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Waaaaay too early IMO but might depend if we get a long stretch of warm weather....
And even in later season consider yourself lucky if you find one. |
Edited by - V1 on 05/01/2012 3:06 PM |
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Calgary, Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 6:19 PM
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+1 for V1
Never had problems with ticks in Rockies except for the old fire lookout by Minnewanka. |
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Calgary, AB
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 6:37 PM
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| One more thing - if all falls into place - warm weather, late season etc. most affected areas will be where social ungulates are frequent - elk, sheep etc. Not so much for moose and deer (other than mule deer possibly - they are very social) - they don't crowd together that much. |
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 Kootenay Bud
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 7:20 PM
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| One of my party got a tick on the Bonnington traverse two weeks ago - 3.5 metre snow pack, never got above freezing. My guess is, they could be anywhere. |
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Calgary, AB
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 8:15 PM
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Some hikers are tastier than others and work as tick magnets.  We all know weird stuff happens and true for one year does not work for another.
(Yrs ago we traveled two weeks in area known to be crawling with ticks. Literally. We had inspected ourselves and each other every day two-three times, but did not see a single one whole trip. Go figure.) |
Edited by - V1 on 05/02/2012 09:46 AM |
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Any Ticks in Lk Louise Area in May?
