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Lake Tahoe Approaches Peak

West Shore, Lake Tahoe (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

Pacific sunset maple, Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

Peak fall color is enveloping Lake Tahoe.

Near Peak color is appearing along North Lake Boulevard (CA-28) in Tahoe City, Carnelian Bay, Tahoe Vista and Kings Beach and along the west shore.

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), Pacific sunset (Acer truncatum x A. platanoides) and red maple (Acer rubrum) are speckling the shoreline with spots of yellow, orange, red and gold.

Lake Tahoe does not have expansive groves, as seen in the Hope Valley or Eastern Sierra. Though, flashes of gold appear in its meadows, forests and along drainages.

Over Brockway Summit (CA-267), groves along Middle Martis Creek remain peaking to the Martis Valley.

Groves surrounding the much-photographed  decaying cabin at Middle Martis Creek (CA-267) are now at the end of their Peak, though there’s still beauty among trees in the meadow surrounding it, which have lost most of their leaves.

Patti Jazanoski found the cabin to be “very fun to shoot around, if you’re in the mood to be creative,”

In Truckee, banks along the Truckee River are forested with peaking willows and Near Peak yellow and lime aspen. Exotic red maple bring intense color to historic downtown Truckee.

And, at the South Shore, Tallac Creek and Taylor Creek (CA-89) are full of Near Peak color. 

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Tahoe Vista, Lake Tahoe (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

Truckee River, Truckee (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

Truckee (10/11/18) Patti Jaznowski

M. Martis Creek, CA-267 (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

M. Martis Creek, CA-267 (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

M. Martis Creek, CA-267 (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

M. Martis Creek, CA-267 (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski

M. Martis Creek, CA-267 (10/11/18) Patti Jazanoski