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Upper Sacramento River Heats Up

Upper Sacramento River (10/19/15) Philip Reedy

Upper Sacramento River (10/18/15) Philip Reedy

Color spotter Philip Reedy traveled north of Dunsmuir on I-5 to find color along the Upper Sacramento River.

Indian Rhubarb has sprinkled a confetti of its red, orange, yellow and green fan-shaped leaves along the river’s edge, while alder, cottonwood and aspen brighten the forest with gold and yellow.

Sims Flat (10/17/15) Jill Dinsmore

Sims Flat (10/17/15) Jill Dinsmore

Sims Flat is coming into its own, though short of peaking.

Pacific Dogwood, Trinity County (10/17/15) Jeri Rangel

Pacific Dogwood, Trinity County (10/17/15) Jeri Rangel

Elsewhere in the Shasta Cascade region, Pacific dogwood have turned hot pink in Trinity County. Now, that’s hot.

Near Peak GO NOW! (50-75%) – Upper Sacramento River – Get down to the river above Dunsmuir for peaking Indian Rhubarb at river’s edge and trees going golden.

Patchy (10-50%) – Sims Flat – Upper Sacramento River – Lots of color now, more to come.

Patchy (10-50%) – Trinity County – Pacific Dogwood have turned Paris-Hilton hot.