Peaking at Convict Lake

The highest elevations of Bishop Creek Canyon in Inyo County are now past peak, though there’s still color down the canyon at lower elevations and pockets of beautiful color and specific trees near the lakes.   So, if you’re driving US 395 north, diversions to the canyons will still pay off.  Look for the color between 7,000 and 8,000 ft.

Photographer Rob Bohning reports from Convict Lake in Mono County that 90% of the leaves have colored and the show is “spectacular.”  Rob says the color is glorious at June Lake as well.  So this should be a prime weekend to photograph or enjoy color in all of the Eastern Sierra Canyons.  Rob has promised to email photos, and the invite is out to any of our readers… see a great image of fall color in California, email it to us and we’ll post it with credit to you.

It took a bit longer for the color to drop this year, but it’s finally showing above 7,000 ft throughout the Eastern Sierra.  The June Lake Loop is beautiful near Silver Lake.  There’s still a lot of green, and that means the color will last a couple of weeks longer, as long as winds or storms don’t reduce their number and quality.  The June Lake Loop should peak next week, but it’s looking good now.

With fall color in California, it’s better to go when the color is beginning to show at a given elevation, than to wait too long.