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Color spotter Jim Van Matre posts a First Report from Cuyamaca Rancho State Park in San Diego County, where black oak and shrubs are a mix of chartreuse and red. With high winds predicted this week, he’s concerned that the color won’t survive for long. Cuyamaca Rancho State Park — Patchy (10-50%)
Fit to Print… The New York Times correspondent Mike McPhate — a third-generation Californian who lives in Davis — repeated the oft-stated refrain, “California has no seasons,” in California Today, last Friday, then debunked it. CLICK HERE to read Mike’s column.
As I begin to type this post, the wind is whistling past my office in El Dorado Hills. Dramatic clouds float overhead and I look out across the rolling contours of the Sierra Nevada foothills, brightened with spots of color. Reports so far have been that the color is holding firm on most trees, despite […]
Jeff Simpson drove throughout Mono County yesterday and found the colors to be “unbelievable” before the storm. This morning, he returned across the same route and was pleased to see that despite last night’s rain and wind the color, “was still there,” and he was “very surprised to see a good majority of leaves still on […]
Drive around your town, as Gigi deJong did this morning in Bishop, and you’ll find trees full of color poking out from above rooftops and gathering in front yards, like neighbors catching up on the latest gossip. “Did you hear a storm is coming?” “No! Really?” “Yup. It’s supposed to last through the weekend.” […]
Daniel Stas took our advice and headed to June Lake today for one last look before the storm arrived. Here are the wonders he found.
Debbi Waldear of Alpine County says color spotters should not give up hope. Though higher areas of the Hope Valley are past peak, she sends these shots, taken today. Hope Valley — Peak to Past Peak — YOU ALMOST MISSED IT!
Lorissa Soriano sends this shot of the Modoc County Courthouse with a brace of peaking color. Lassen Volcanic National Park guide Shanda Ochs advocates that the willows around Manzanita Lake near the northwest entrance are “mostly golden, some still holding light green.” She doesn’t expect many leaves to remain after this storm. In its defense, our […]
Color spotter Gigi deJong drove southeast of Bishop toward the Owens River and the Buckley Ponds in search of color, today. A smattering of yellow decorates the Bishop Country Club which is otherwise “still beautifully green” and is likely a “late starter.” She predicts it will approach peak in a few days to a week, […]
“Everything, everywhere (in Mono County) is peaking right now, including the June Lake Loop which is glowing and brilliant especially ‘down canyon’ from the Double Eagle Resort to Grant Lake,” reports color spotter, Alicia Vennos. If you can get there today, GO NOW! As, it may not be there in a day or two. Darrell […]