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Returning to Downieville

Lavezzola Creek, Downieville (11/5/16) Philip Reedy

Lavezzola Creek, Downieville (11/5/16) Philip Reedy

Lavezzola Creek, Downieville (11/5/16) Philip Reedy

Lavezzola Creek, Downieville (11/5/16) Philip Reedy

Lavezzola Creek, Downieville (11/5/16) Philip Reedy

Lavezzola Creek, Downieville (11/5/16) Philip Reedy

Last weekend’s storm kept a lot of photographers and color spotters from visiting locations where autumn color was peaking.

That happened to Philip Reedy, who returned to Downieville, in the northern Gold Country, yesterday to find the color just past peak along the North Yuba River and spent bigleaf maple leaves washed onto its banks.

He noted that a few bigleaf maples persist in speckling the forest with yellow, though it’s evident from his pictures that while the fly fishing is surely fun, fall color spotting is at the end of its run.

For the best fall color now in the northern Mother Lode, Philip recommends lower elevations along CA-49 on the drive to Downieville, the North Yuba River west of Downieville, at lower elevations along CA-49 and beside Lavezzola Creek, north of Downieville.

Downieville – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW! – Spots of bright color can still be seen near Downieville at the northern terminus of the Gold Country, though it is fading.

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