Like Clockwork

Philip Reedy says he’s tracked peak in the Hope Valley for eight years and it’s peaked “like clockwork” every year around October 8, and – he predicts – it should remain good for another week.

Aspen on CA 89, south of Pickett’s Junction toward Luther Pass “are also predictably green and usually peak a couple of weeks after the valley.”

Toward Carson Pass on 88, “The trees along Woods Lake Road are especially striking right now, especially just before sunrise.”

Phil could not leave the Hope Valley without doing something else predictably. He took an “obligatory fly fishing shot” along the West Carson.