California Fall Color

Dude, autumn happens here, too.

Lundy Falls and autumn berries (10/22/11) © 2011 Alicia Vennos

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, it shows no sign of an early end.

Today, color spotter Alicia Vennos reported the color in Mono County should last “another week, two at best. We’ve been really lucky because there’s been virtually no wind here!”  Here’s the latest from the east side:

Lundy Falls (10/22/11) © 2011 Alicia Vennos

75 – 100% – Lundy Canyon - Alicia took these photos that show Lundy at its fall best.   The color ” is at peak in many areas along the hiking trail, past peak in some.  Lundy Falls are surrounded by rich gold and orange….always a great photo op at the viewpoint which is about a half-mile uphill from the trailhead.  The aspen groves beyond the beaver pond on the hiking trail are still golden with some amazing orange and red trees on your right-hand side (to the west), as you are hiking in!  The bush with red berries was found at the second set of waterfalls

Quaking Aspen, Lundy Canyon (10/22/11) © 2011 Alicia Vennos

75 – 100% – McGee Canyon - As other photographers have reported, McGee was predicted to peak this weekend and it has, as has Lower Parker Bench just south of June Lake Loop.

This past Saturday morning, KGO radio host John Hamilton welcomed California Fall Color blogger John Poimiroo and Plumas County’s maven of fall color, Suzi Brakken, to report on where it’s happening, now.  CLICK HERE to hear their reports.

CLICK HERE to listen to a podcast of KGO radio’s John Hamilton’s discussion with John Poimiroo of California Fall Color.

Listen to KGO-AM810 at 7:05 a.m. today and on Oct. 2 for live fall color reports.  Travel broadcaster John Hamilton will have California Fall Color report blogger John Poimiroo and other color spotters as his guests to report about the fall color season in California.