Home is Where Fall Color Is

Last year I missed fall color in California. My family and I moved to the Midwest for an off-the-beaten path adventure and briefly traded pockets of gold set against grand landscapes for swaths of oranges and reds. While the extra color was a sight to be seen, there was something missing in my mind.

When fall happens in California, especially in the Eastern Sierra, there is a bustle of activity that goes with it — hiking, biking, fishing, and (my favorite) camping. These activities take on new life with fall color as their backdrop and this year, I couldn’t have been happier to be back home for the season.

Fall in the Eastern Sierra is known for supplying unreal landscapes beyond your wildest dreams. Pops of color set against the grandeur of the mountains make leaf-peeping in our region completely unique, and this year was no exception.

The past six weeks have been full of beautiful, and colorful, pockets of wonder around the region, but like all good things, fall must come to an end so we can look forward to it again next year. Currently, everything above 7,200′ in our region is past-peak. If you come up this weekend you might find some hidden color, but this is officially our last report of the season.

Snow has begun to fall and while right now it has left a light dusting that simply sprinkles the fall colors with a little extra magic, we expect bigger storms in the next week that will blow and freeze the leaves away. As the season comes to an end, we hope you’ll scroll back through the photos on this site from time to time to remind yourself of the past season and build your excitement for next year.