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Autumn Opens at Tahoe Donner & Truckee

Aspen, Mountain Mule Ear, Tahoe Donner (9/22/18) Herb Hwang

Tahoe Donner (9/23/18) Herb Hwang

Tahoe Donner (9/23/18) Herb Hwang

Truckee color spotter Herb Hwang was out and about on the first day of autumn and scored a First Report for Tahoe Donner.

Herb found Peak mountain mule ear at Peak, though the overall impression of the Tahoe Donner area was of Patchy quaking aspen displaying a mix of lime, yellow and orange.

He returned on Sunday to find even more color developing.

Then, Clayton Peoples drove CA-267 over Brockway Summit at North Tahoe and “much to my surprise” found Near Peak  aspen surrounding the old shack. That is very early peak color for this area.

He continued, “Although there is still a bit of lime green, most of the aspen trees have already turned yellow/gold (with a few orange leaves mixed in). Conditions are great there at the moment. Given that the leaves there often fall quickly once they’ve reached peak, I’d recommend that people “GO NOW!,” so they don’t miss out.”

Shack in the Aspen, Hwy 267 (9/23/18) Clayton Peoples

With all this early color, I have to ask, “What’s happening along the I-80 corridor?”  

Tahoe Donner (6,700′) – Patchy (10-50%)

Hwy 267, Brockway Summit (7,201′) – Near Peak (50-75%) GO NOW!

Shack in the Aspen, Hwy 267 (9/23/18) Clayton Peoples