The Ventana Wilderness along the Central Coast is peaking with warm orange and yellow flashes.
Color spotter Leor Pantilat found valley oak, black cottonwood, bigleaf maple and grasses to be providing the color, with Western sycamore estimated to peak later this month.
The Ventana Wilderness is known for its steep, sharply crested ridges and deep v-shaped canyons. This wild area east of the California highway 1 near Big Sur also has red and white alder and creek dogwood which are now past peak.
- Ventana Wilderness – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
