Images from the East Side
These wonderful pictures are provided to us by Chris Murdock who visited the Eastern Sierra a week ago (10/21/11). Click on image to enlarge.
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About John Poimiroo
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Entries by John Poimiroo
Yosemite Valley Approaches Peak
50 — 75% — Yosemite Valley — Kari Cobb, a public information officer for the National Park Service in Yosemite Valley confirms what other color spotters have reported: that bigleaf maple have mostly turned, though many of the park’s other principal species remain in the midst of change. Dogwood are a mix of rose and […]
Redding Shows First Tints
0 — 15% — Redding — With color descending throughout California (now peaking at 6,000′), we begin to get reports from our urban forests. From Redding, color spotter Jenny Zink reports that color is appearing two weeks later than normal — which we’ve noticed across the country. She attribute’s Redding’s clear skies and warm daytime […]
Kids Hike to Plumas Color
Color spotter Suzi Brakken took her son’s grade school class on a hike near Quincy and what did they see? Lots of autumn color! Check out Maple leaf hat, the Mountain Ash berries and the season’s first photo of Indian Rhubarb, seen near Nelson Creek on the way to LaPorte.
Though Past Peak, lots of Color Remains
Rob Bohning is one of several talented photographers whose work has graced this blog. Rob was out and about the east side and proves through these beautiful images that even though an area is being reported as past peak, there’s still a lot of beauty to be seen. Past Peak — Bishop Creek Canyon — […]
Shasta Cascade Now Turning – Plumas/Modoc Peak
Butte County: 15-30%- Butte County- Susan at the Oroville chamber reports that about 30% of Butte County’s trees have begun shifting from summer yellow to deep autumn red, a few are beginning to lose leaves. Shasta County: 0-15% — Whiskeytown National Recreation Area- Sheila of Whiskeytown NRA says the national park is beginning to experience […]
A Thousand Words
They say a picture is worth… well you know the rest. This weekend, we received a comment that Conway Summit was past peak. So, Bill Langton went out there this past Saturday and took this photo. Worth a thousand? You be the judge. Here is another shot worth a thousand, taken yesterday at Cathedral Lake […]
One of the Top Five!
Yesterday on KGO-AM810, On The Go host John Hamilton asked me to rank this autumn for fall color. I hadn’t thought about it until that moment, but this autumn certainly has to rank among the top five I’ve seen since beginning to write about California Fall Color in the early 1980s. And, fortunately for us, […]
Dogwood and Oak Peaking Near Snake Lake
75 — 100% — Road 45, Plumas County — Color spotter Richard McCutcheon sends these photos of oak and dogwood at peak along Plumas County Road 45 above Snake Lake. Richard finds beautiful places like these on his ATV while touring backcountry byways in Plumas County. To see more of Richard’s colorful discoveries, CLICK HERE.
Follow the Yellow-treed Road
Color spotter Alicia Vennos writes this morning that she’s off to see the wonders of Lundy Canyon. With camera in hand, she took these shots of Convict Lake and June Lake and reports “this weekend promises to be another vibrant one in Mono County.” Elevations above 9000 feet are now past peak in terms of […]