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California Wild Grape (Vitis californica) is a treat for fall color foragers. It’s known to climb as high as 50′ and one specimen I found in Cameron Park easily topped that height. It had overgrown a stand of Frémont cottonwoods, with grapes hanging in bunches like Christmas ornaments all the way to the top of […]
Sonora Pass (CA-108) has never been better, Jeff Simpson of Mono County Tourism tells us. He drove the route yesterday to find glorious orange and yellow quaking aspen and golden cottonwood along the way. Leavitt Meadow is awash with warm-toned grasses and ringed with full peak aspen. Once over Sonora Pass, it’s a short […]
Frenchman Claude Francois Seltier came to Sierra Valley (southeastern Plumas County) in 1858 to search for gold. It’s now being found along Frenchman’s Creek and on the road to Frenchman Lake where riparian grasses, aspen and cottonwood are gilding the landscape. With a shoreline of 21 miles and a surface area if 1,580 acres, Frenchman […]
This has been a mind-boggling past week up Bishop Creek Canyon. You might say, “it was over the top!” North Lake finally caught up with Lake Sabrina and South Lake, rushing from Patchy to Peak in a few days. Then, clouds, rain, snow, refreshing clear autumn air and rainbows filled the skies over Inyo County. […]
It’s last call above 9,000′ feet in Mono County, and what a way to close out fall color viewing at those elevations! Snow dusted the mountain tops above 10,000′ today, though this didn’t damage fall color. In fact, it improved it, providing a spectacular backdrop for the color and rainbows. Mono County is tracking exactly […]
It snowed today in the Eastern Sierra, providing the spectacular image of fiery-orange aspen against snow-coated sawtooth peaks. Mammoth Lakes color spotter Josh Wray, lucky guy, was there and could only describe it with one word, “Gorgeous!” Well, truth be known, he needed three words, also writing, “Wow!” and “Stunning.” Not even Ernest Hemingway could […]
One of the first National Scenic Byways designated by the Federal Highways Administration, the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway travels 500 miles from Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park south to California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park. Along the route, travelers learn about the ancient natural forces that shaped a landscape of exquisite mountain lakes, soaring volcanic peaks […]
There is no machine-driven method of automatically mapping fall color across California. The California Fall Color Map (at right on Navigation bar) is updated manually when reports are received, verified and time allows. Once weekly (or immediately if a significant change is confirmed), reports are consolidated and the map is updated by changing a location’s […]
Aspen surrounding the decaying cabin beside Middle Martis Creek (CA-267) are at peak and will remain good, weather permitting, through this coming weekend. On Monday, as occurs every day when the aspen are peaking, a steady stream of leaf peepers lingered at the cabin on their way to or after crossing Brockway Summit. A well-maintained […]
Surjanto Suradji submitted a heavenly look at Bishop Creek Canyon, forwarding his vision of fall color at night. He wrote that the photos were taken Saturday night, as he was “curious to see these amazing landscape and gorgeous fall colors at night time.” His results were better than he anticipated and truly remarkable, due to […]