This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud John Poimiroo contributed a whooping 2034 entries.
The color of autumn in 2015 is tinted by smoke, as color spotter Walt Gabler saw today looking west from Ukiah at 6 p.m. He reported that smoke from Lake County’s Valley Fire hangs heavy over Mendocino County, all the way to the coast. Our autumn outing today was into the Sierra foothills of El Dorado […]
CaliforniaFallColor.com apologizes to our readers for the recurring Internal Server Errors, which have kept users from seeing the site, off and on. We’ve been working hard to find the cause of the problem and suspect it may be our graphical theme. So, for the next few days the familiar black and orange theme of the […]
Color is appearing among shoreline maples at Lake Siskiyou near Mt. Shasta. Cory Poole documented it with this snap. 0 — 10% — Mt. Shasta — Color starting.
Color spotter Josh Wray reports that willows are approaching peak and aspen are just starting to color in the Mammoth Lakes area. Seen above is Lake George which Josh reports as 20% turned. Josh’s photos show some of the wildfire-created haze that is smothering points throughout the High Sierra. Smoke is dampening the brightness of the […]
A road trip to Lake Tahoe, then north on CA-89 from Truckee to Lake Davis weekend was an eye opener, this Labor Day weekend. As previously reported, the “black leaf spot” fungus that has decimated quaking aspen groves atop Monitor Pass and in parts of the Hope Valley gets worse as you drive north on […]
Here are some of the festivals and events that coincide with trips to see fall color. Boy, they sure love their barbecue in Mono County! Links to these events are found at monocounty.org. September All Days — Ambush at the Lake Fishing Derby, Convict Lake 4 — 7 — Founder’s Day, Bridgeport (celebrating Bridgeport’s history, […]
Beth Orton sings Last Leaves of Autumn in her album, Sugaring Season. It is about love renewed like the cycle of autumn, winter, spring and summer. Such a lovely thought deserves retelling. Here’s what she wrote and sings: Oh the leaves how they shimmerTrees lift their skirts and they quiverGently they lay downTo the dirt and […]
Fall Color Creds to the first person who can name these trees, seen at Big Bear and Lake Gregory. The photos were taken by Alena Nicholas this weekend. Alena describes these as ‘indicator’ trees used to mark when autumn has arrived in these San Bernardino Mountain locations. 0 — 10% — Big Bear and […]
Eastern Sierra destination marketing organizations (DMOs) have collaborated to produce a comprehensive guide to fall color along US 395, a route that has been named by USA Weekend as “one of the USA’s five best road trips.” California’s Eastern Sierra Fall Color Guide & Map lists major annual events, significant fall color plants, and directs […]
A quick trip to the Eastern Sierra, on Monday and Tuesday (US 50 to CA-89 to US 395), allowed time to speak with locals and visit prime fall color areas, a few of which are showing early color. Jared Smith at Parcher’s Resort near South Lake up the South Fork of Bishop Creek (Inyo County) […]