North Lake Nears Peak

 

The North Lake Road, up Bishop Creek Canyon, is often a destination for photographers, as it was on Sunday for Star Masterton who found the aspen along North Lake Road, North Lake and high areas of Bishop Creek Canyon nearing peak, as seen in her photographs.

Update: I visited North Lake on Monday, though (as color spotter David Senesak communicated by email), the trees are not “synchronized.”

Various groves are in all stages of peak: just starting, patchy, near peak, peak and past peak… all at the same location. Nevertheless, there’s no other way to assess the area than to classify it as Near Peak, because North Lake will continue to peak as these groves turn. And, if we don’t classify it as Near Peak, then many of you who planned to visit will miss it, by waiting for it to get perfect. So, GO NOW!

There is beauty to be found in Bishop Creek Canyon this year, but it takes work to capture it. The Groves Above Cardinal Village are past peak in a huge swath, but other areas are peaking, near peak or patchy. It’s not the big area of turning color we’ve seen in past years.

Regardless, fall can provide a brilliant splashes of color, as seen in the portraiture/fashion photograph at left. Star took it along the North Lake Road where some of the aspen look dried out, but catch the right light and you can get a magical image as Star did.

North Lake Road (9,000′) – Near Peak GO NOW!

North Lake (9,225′) – Near Peak GO NOW!

Groves Above Cardinal Village – Near Peak GO NOW!