06-24-2016, 04:14 PM
Don't know. I wasn't in huckleberry territory. All I know about huckleberries is that too much or too little rain in mid-summer determines the quality of the crop. Ideally, one hopes for substantial rains combined with heat early in the season to get a good crop growing but then only light rains and moderate temperatures as you approach picking time. That late drier period will help concentrate the sugars in the fruit. The woods are beginning to get dry now, when rains would be helpful; west and south facing slopes are dusty all the way up to 8500 ft, north facing slopes are still moist.
Last year, July was very wet and a noticably cooler than normal. It was an outstanding and early season for chanterelles, as a result. I heard huckleberies weren't very good due to low yields and molding. I also noticed that aspen leaf blight was very widespread last summer; the hillsides had huge stands of aspen with grey leaves.
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Last year, July was very wet and a noticably cooler than normal. It was an outstanding and early season for chanterelles, as a result. I heard huckleberies weren't very good due to low yields and molding. I also noticed that aspen leaf blight was very widespread last summer; the hillsides had huge stands of aspen with grey leaves.
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