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June Lake Gets Smothered

June Lake (10/4/20) Gary Young

Haze from the Creek Fire seeped across the Sierra Nevada on Sunday, smothering June Lake and diminishing the air quality everywhere.

Color spotter Gary Young had driven north on US 395, following an inspiring Saturday in Bishop Creek Canyon, to find the June Lakes wheezing within a gaseous haze with PM at 2.5 and the AQI near 400. It’s half those numbers, as I post this, though still unhealthy.

Fortunately, fall color there is still Patchy with peak not expected along the June Lake Loop for another week to a week and a half.

Quaking Aspen, June Lake (10/4/20) Gary Young

Gary was still able to see – through the haze – a few signs of burnt beauty among the aspen.

  • June Lake Loop (7,654′) – Patchy (10-50%)

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