Bishop Creek Canyon

Jared Smith reports that through last week, most of the aspens remained deep green, though there were lots of trees that have turned bright lime green and few select spots that have really popped with yellow and orange.  Keep in mind that the Bishop Creek Canyon road varies from 9768ft down to 4000 ft. Things change fast up there,so if you want to see this show, plan to travel to Inyo County in the next two weeks for color in the high canyons.

15-30% – Most of these areas are now showing lime-green to yellow with some pockets of orange and red among the aspen.

  • South Lake – Elevation 9768 ft
  • Weir Pond – Elevation 9592 ft
  • Parchers Camp – Elevation 9260 ft
  • North Lake – Elevation 9255ft
  • Lake Sabrina – Elevation 9150 ft
  • Lake Sabrina Approach – Elevation 9100 ft..
  • Table Mountain Camp Grove – Elevation 8845 ft
  • The Famous Mist Falls on South Fork Bishop Creek
  • Four Jeffrey Camp Groves
  • Mountain Glen Campground
  • Willow Camp – Elevation 9065 ft

Sabrina Camp (9/16/10)

Sabrina Camp Groves – Elevation 9000 ft

50-75% – The most dependable “early bird” in the canyon, the grove of aspen along Hwy 168 just before Sabrina Camp is already bursting with beauty – greens, yellows, oranges and reds – it’s all there already at that grove. This grove is certainly on the lower end of the scale 50 – 75% scale, but its gorgeous nonetheless.

Photo Credit: © 2010, Jared Smith