San Bernardino Mountains Near Peak

Fall Color Report, Inland Empire

Mountain Maple, Big Bear Lake (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Exotic Silver Maple, Big Bear Lake (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Fremont Cottonwood (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Fremont Cottonwood (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Japanese Maple (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Maple, Green Valley Lake (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart

Color spotter Nick Barnhart traveled up to the San Bernardino Mountains this past weekend and got these colorful shots of fall color at Lake Gregory, Green Valley Lake and Big Bear Lake.

San Bernardino Mountains (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
San Bernardino Mountains (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Rabbitbrush and cottonwoods (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Rabbitbrush and cottonwoods (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart

GO NOW! Near Peak (50 – 75%) – San Bernardino National Forest – A mix of black oak, mountain maple, rabbitbrush and aspen are delicately coloring Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains.

Mountain Maple, Big Bear Lake (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Silver Maple, Green Valley Lake (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart

GO NOW! Peak (75 – 100%) – Big Bear Lake – Christine, a color spotter visited the famous aspen grove near Big Bear and repots it is peaking.  This is probably the last weekend to see it in its glory.

Lake Gregory (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart
Lake Gregory (10/5/14) Nick Barnhart

Patchy (10 – 50%) – Lake Gregory and Lake Arrowhead – Only about 25% of the trees are showing color.

 

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