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California has a Crater Lake, too. It’s not as big, as deep or as blue as Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park, but unlike the national park, hardly anyone is ever there. It’s Crater Lake Campground in Lassen National Forest near Susanville. The campground has 17 sites that rent for $10 each. Groves of peaking aspen […]
A painter’s palette of lime, yellow, orange and red is daubing the San Bernardino Mountains with vibrant Peak color. From Big Bear, down to Lake Gregory, successive bursts of bigleaf maple, Frémont cottonwood, quaking aspen and black oak are exploding like fireworks over Big Bear Lake. San Bernardino Mountains color spotter Alena Nicholas estimates Peak […]
Rodney Chai, a meteorologist from Monterey, led a group of hikers to Lundy Canyon and McGee Creek as recommended here, last week, and they “found gold (and then some)!” Reporting that they were collectively “speechless by the vibrant display of yellow and apricot.” Should you hike Lundy Canyon, you’ll find the first mile to have […]
The High Sierra is “unbearably beautiful right now,” color spotter Clayton Peoples reported. He was in the Hope Valley over the weekend, photographing along CA-88 and CA-89. “While taking in fall colors, I was lucky enough to spot what is probably the largest black bear I have ever seen. It was feasting along a creek […]
Color spotter Phillip Reedy admitted he hadn’t visited Lassen Volcanic National Park in a while and “it was about time.” He admitted, “While it can’t compare to the Eastern Sierra, there were still some colors to be seen, plenty of golden grass and even a few aspens here and there. “The best thing was how […]
As The Mamas & The Papas sang, “All the leaves are brown” above 8,500′ in Bishop Creek Canyon, “though the skies aren’t gray.” This autumn, weather conditions were never better for viewing color in the Eastern Sierra. That resulted in a vibrant, long-lasting display. However, if you delayed visiting South Lake, Lake Sabrina or North […]
It’s time to scream, “GO NOW to June Lake,” as June is busting out all over. Cell phone snaps sent from Bruce Wendler and Todd Backman show Patchy to Near Peak conditions along the June Lake Loop. Wendler assessed some stands as Peaking, while others were solidly Near Peak. June Lake — Near Peak (50-75%) […]
North Lake (Bishop Creek Canyon) took a while to move toward peak, then got hot, hot, hot for a week. Now, it is fading fast. Bruce Wendler said North Lake “still has some charm.” Further down the N. Fork of Bishop Creek, trees are at peak, as is the pond at Aspendell. Roberto Ferido found […]
“Road to Round Valley,” sounds like it should be a country song, doesn’t it? In my mind, I hear the “Yodeling Blonde Bombshell” Carolina Cotton, singing about losing her first love along that road “when a black oak stole his blackened heart.” The pain of her loss just makes me saddle sore, though having seen […]
Peak fall color is enveloping Lake Tahoe. Near Peak color is appearing along North Lake Boulevard (CA-28) in Tahoe City, Carnelian Bay, Tahoe Vista and Kings Beach and along the west shore. Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), Pacific sunset (Acer truncatum x A. platanoides) and red maple (Acer rubrum) are speckling the shoreline with spots of yellow, […]