Colorful Routes to the Eastern Sierra – Go Now!

From the Central Valley and SF Bay Area, the most direct and most colorful route to June Lake and Mammoth Lakes is across Tioga Pass (CA Hwy 120).  Color spotters are reporting rosy dogwood glowing in the forests of Yosemite National Park along the park’s Big Oak Flat and Tioga roads (Hwy 120).

75 – 100% – Tioga Pass (Hwy 120) – 90% of the aspen are showing yellow with “huge swaths of color, with quite a bit of orange” along slopes visible from US 395, according Ann Turner reporting in CalPhoto.com.

75 – 100% – Monitor Pass (Hwy 89) – Most of the aspen over the pass are at peak with brilliant yellow.

75 – 100% – Conway Summit (US 395) – Broad areas of orange, yellow and red color cover the hillsides east of US 395 at Conway Summit.

75 – 100% – Carson and Luther Pass (Hwy 88 and 89) – The Hope Valley is flickering with bright yellow and at peak.