Bishop Creek is getting good!
Color spotter Betsy Forsyth reported that “there are lots of yellows as well as some bright oranges, and at the same time, plenty of green trees, so don’t panic.”
Compared to last year, it’s quite similar, although Surveyors Meadow does seem to have more orange and yellow than this time last year, she added.
The temperatures were incredible during her visit (around 70 degrees at 1 pm) but an incoming storm to the Eastern Sierra may change that this weekend.
Bishop Creek Canyon
Bishop Creek Canyon is starting. There are a few oranges and bright yellow patches, and more yellow than we expected.. There is lots of rabbitbrush blooming on the way up Highway 168.
South Fork, Bishop Creek
- South Lake (9,768′) – Patchy (10-50%) (above South Lake is 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!)
- Weir Pond (9,650′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!) (closer to 50%)
- Parcher’s Resort (9,260′) – Patchy (10-50%) (again, above Parchers there is a lot of yellow)
- Willow Campground (9,000′) -Still waiting.
- Surveyor’s Meadow (8,975′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!) (closer to 50%) Still plenty of green to the right of the parking lot.
- Table Mountain Camp (8,900′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Mountain Glen Camp (8,850′) – Starting (0-10%)
- Mist Falls and the Groves Above Bishop Creek Lodge (8,350′) – Still waiting
- Four Jeffries (8,000′) – Still waiting. Some yellow hues are starting.
Middle Fork, Bishop Creek
- Lake Sabrina (9,150′) – Patchy (10-50%). There are patches that have already peaked above the lake and plenty of yellows around the lake, so closer to 50%.
- Sabrina Approach (9,100′) – Starting (0-10%)
- Sabrina Campground (9,000′) – Still waiting
- Groves Above Cardinal Village (8,550′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Intake II (8,000′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Big Trees Campground (7,800′) – Still waiting.
Bishop
- Bishop (4,150′) – Patchy (10-50%) Yellows in the upper parts of the cottonwoods.
- Buckley Ponds (4,150′) – Just starting (0-10%)
- Rawson Ponds (4,150′) – Just Starting (0-10%)
- Owens Valley (4,000′) – Patchy (10-50%) Yellows in the upper parts of the cottonwoods.
Southern Inyo County
- Lone Pine (3,727′) – No report.
- Alabama Hills (4,534′) – Still waiting
- Whitney Portal (8,375′) – No report.
- Mt Whitney Trail (8,360′ to 14,505”) – No report, but colors likely above 9,000’.
- Independence (3,930′) -Still waiting.
- Onion Valley (9,600′) – No report.
- Big Pine Creek (7,660′) – No report.
- Big Pine (3,989′) – Still waiting
Northern Inyo County
- Lower Rock Creek Rd ((7,087′) – No report
- Round Valley (4,692′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Lower Pine Creek Canyon (7,000′) – Patchy (10-50%)
- Pine Creek Pack Station (7,.400′) – Patchy (10-50%)
Inyo County – Just Starting (0-10%)
