Pine Creek is one of color spotter, Betsy Forsyth’s favorite spots.
Currently, she reported that “the aspen up at the trailhead are all yellow, and still almost a little green. There are splotches of color throughout the canyon, but mostly green with some yellow hues.”
The Owens Valley also has a general greenish-yellow tint. It still has a bit to go, but it is beautiful!
Put these spots on your list in the next two weeks.
Bishop
- Bishop (4,150′) – Patchy (10-50%) Yellows in the upper parts of the cottonwoods.
- Buckley Ponds (4,150′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Rawson Ponds (4,150′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Owens Valley (4,000′) – Patchy (10-50%)
Northern Inyo County
- Lower Rock Creek Rd ((7,087′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Round Valley (4,692′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Lower Pine Creek Canyon (7,000′) – Patchy (10-50%) (Closer to 50%, as some of the trees have yellow leaves throughout the canyon.)
- Pine Creek Pack Station (7,.400′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now.) The aspen at the trailhead are beautiful right now. Many of the cottonwoods are still green, so this area still has more time before the colors really shine.
Southern Inyo County
- Lone Pine (3,727′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Alabama Hills (4,534′) – Patchy (10-50%) (closer to 50%)
- Whitney Portal (8,375′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Mt Whitney Trail (8,360′ to 14,505”) – Past peak, you missed it.
- Independence (3,930′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Onion Valley (9,600′) – Past peak, you missed it.
- Big Pine Creek (7,660′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now.)
- Big Pine (3,989′) – Patchy (10-50%)
