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Luther Pass (CA-89), the route connecting the Hope Valley and South Lake Tahoe, was peaking on Saturday when color spotter Maggie Huang visited. Quaking aspen were deep orange and red, with a few spashes of yellow and lime. Luther Pass (7,740′) — Peak (75-10%) GO NOW!
If you haven’t been to church lately, now’s the time to go. The Community United Methodist church in Quincy has a halo of orange and yellow color surrounding it that is absolutely beatific. GO NOW! Community United Methodist Church, Quincy (3,432′) — Near Peak (50-75%) GO NOW!
One of California’s great natural attractions is Burney Falls at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, in the southern Cascades, east of Redding. Unlike Yosemite Falls, Burney Falls runs year round, as it is fed by a river. Two, large waterfalls drop into an emerald green pool and thousands of smaller falls weep through a porous […]
Color spotter Jeff Hemming spent Saturday in Calaveras Big Trees, North Grove. He reports “Lots of small pockets of color. Lots of red, but still some yellow.” The forest floor sparkles with stunted rose, orange, pink and lime dogwoods. Though he cautions, “Might not last much longer, especially if its supposed to rain this next week.” […]
High winds finished what was left of fall color in Mono County, reports color spotter Crys Black who visited Mammoth Lakes and June Lakes, this past weekend. Here’s her report: Saturday, Oct 22 I started Saturday in the Mammoth Lakes Basin where almost all color was stripped with the exception of Old Mammoth Rd, between […]
We’ve enjoyed the drive Darrell Sano took on Sunday, along Dry Creek Rd. in Sonoma County. At this time of year, the pastoral scene is accented with yellow, orange and red. As Darrell writes, “It’s a beautiful drive, as the road narrows to sometimes a single, winding road, void of limo’s and heavy traffic. “The […]
Spots in the Eastern Sierra are still mammoth, though fading. Gene Miller, sent these shots from Mono County, taken last Wednesday. Apologies for the delay posting them, due to travel and receiving them initially in too large a format to post, right away. Still, they illustrate what can be found along the byways in Mono […]
OK, you should catch and release native trout in California, and when you catch great photos as Philip Reedy did yesterday, you release them to us to share with our readers. Yesterday. Phillip and a friend headed to Dunsmuir to do some fly fishing photography in hopes of catching a background of fall colors. Along […]
Lassen Volcanic color spotter Shanda Ochs reports peak color at Manzanita Lake. Ducks winging their way south are stopping at the lake, providing avian color to the willows and cottonwood near shore. Shanda says only the mountain alder are still lime. So that means, conditions permitting, that color will continue to develop at Lassen Volcanic […]
Bold splashes of harlequin colored Indian rhubarb (Darmera peltata) brighten Spanish Creek at Oakland Recreation Camp near Quincy, as captured by local color spotter Mike Nello with his Samsung CSC. This is the first weekend to see peak color in Plumas County. The best way to find fall color is to use the California Fall […]