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On Golden Ground

Bracken fern, Cold Creek Trail, Reds Meadow (9/15/19) Leor Pantilat

Californian’s have long looked to the ground for gold. In autumn, Bracken fern, locust and willows provide the state’s first flashes of gold.

Color spotter Leor Pantillat found it this past weekend on trail runs southwest of Reds Meadow (reached from Mammoth Lakes) between 7,000′ and 8,000′) along Crater and Cold Creeks in Madera County, posting the first “First Report” for 2019.

A First Report is the first report ever submitted for a given location. There is no prize other than Fall Color Creds for reporting it first. Nice one, Leor.

  • Locust, Crater Creek, Reds Meadow (9/15/19) Leor Pantilat
  • Bracken fern, Crater Creek, Reds Meadow (9/15/19) Leor Pantilat
  • Willows, Fish Creek, Reds Meadow (9/15/19) Leor Pantilat

This weekend, ground covers will continue to provide some of the best color to be seen anywhere up to 10,000′ in elevation.

  • Reds Meadow (7,500′) – Near Peak (75-100%) – Bracken fern, willows and locust.
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