Patchy, Gorgeous Sonora Pass
Leavitt Meadow, Sonora Pass (9/27/18) Dave Butler
9,000′, Sonora Pass (9/27/18) Dave Butler
8000′, Sonora Pass (9/27/18) Dave Butler
Sonora Pass (CA -08) is the second-highest pass in the Sierra Nevada (9,624′). Only Tioga Pass surpasses it.
Like the Tioga Road (CA-120E), fall color along the Sonora Pass is often removed from the highway, though there are places where it gets up close and personal.
Color spotter Dave Butler found it at elevations 8,000′, 9,000′ and at Leavitt Meadow Vista.
His images show green, lime, yellow and orange-red quaking aspen that are at the high end of being Patchy, with Near Peak color just around the bend. 
Sonora Pass (9,624′) – Patchy (10-50%)