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Mono County’s Color Spotter, Alicia Vennos reports warm temperatures in the Eastern Sierra, both at day and at night, are extending both the summer camping season and the show of fall colors. She recommends to those who travel to Mono County this weekend, that prime fall color viewing areas are: Rock Creek (US 395 at […]
Right on schedule, Bishop Creek is reporting the first color in California to near peak. Color spotter Jared Smith of Parchers Resort sends this report with color nearing peak a week later than reported last year. We consider that to be right on schedule. Bishop Creek Canyon Overall Conditions Above 8,500′ — Near Peak — GO NOW! There’s been an […]
Color spotter Frank McDonough of the LA County Arboretum and Botanical Gardens reports early color is appearing in the southland, as evidenced by his picture of the Acer Diablo (horned maple) with color beginning to tinge it’s edges.
Bishop Creek Canyon Overall Conditions Patchy (10 — 50%) “Although color in the higher reaches of the Bishop Creek Canyon has arrived a bit earlier than we’re used to seeing,” Color Spotter Jared Smith of the Parchers Resort reports, the difference between last week and this week was only obvious in a few areas with […]
Mono County Color Spotter Alicia Vennos sends these photos of locations throughout Mono County whose fall color varies from Just Starting to Patchy. While the color is — at best — patchy, there’s still plenty to do if you prefer pies, pastry, pack trips or pubs. Patchy (10 — 50%) — Rock Creek Aspen are beginning to […]
Color Spotter Jared Smith of the Parcher’s Resort provides the first comprehensive report of autumn, today. Jared notes that historically there hasn’t been much to report on Sept. 5, though this season has been “surprising on many levels, including an early start to the autumn colors.” He continues, “While the majority of aspen and willow […]
Just Starting — Rock Creek. With nighttime temperatures dipping into the low 40s, color spotter Alicia Vennos says the first hints of color are gracing the aspen of Mono County. Rock Creek is a perennial season leader in this part of the Eastern Sierra. Though, as of Labor Day (Sept. 1), just a few trees around the Rock […]
Traveling Hwy 267 from Truckee to Kings Beach, yesterday, we passed groves of aspen that are still green, though showing early signs of color. A copse of aspen have begun to show flashes of yellow at approx. 6,500′. Just Starting — Hwy 267
Refrigerator trees (madrone) in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Reserve (Los Altos) are warming up with red, orange and yellow in an early display that has local spotters asking whether the drought has contributed to this unseasonal show of fall color. Wiki.answers.com reports that the madrone (arbutus menziesii) is native to chaparral regions. Its outside layer and leaves use […]
Wow! One of our loyal followers (she calls herself LA Leaf Peeper) sends this photo of early color in Los Angeles, south of West Hollywood. It appears to be a liquidambar (sweet gum) that has begun to show color. LA Leaf Peeper writes that these trees are glorious in November, so the early splash of […]