Guilt-Ridden Post

Color spotter Crys Black seemed guilt-ridden when she sent thumbnails of Mono County, this past week. She apologized for covering the same locations previously shot beautifully and extensively by Jeff Simpson.

Then, she made up for the duplicative images, by sending a First Report exploration of Burcham Flat Rd with scenes and angles that this site had never published before.

Crys writes, “Burcham Flat follows the Walker River in Antelope Valley south of Walker. If you’ve ever been southbound and looked up from US 395 to the side of the mountain and seen a road, that’s where these photos are from.”

Crys outdid herself in finding the unexpected angle, when she followed up with another First Report on Haypress Flat.

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She explains, “Haypress Flat is off of NF-190 east of the intersection between CA-4 and CA-89, by the old Morningstar Mine. While this area is past peak, there is still great color to be had for those who have 4WD. There was something really nice seeing this burn area starting to come back, that makes me hopeful for the new growth we’ll see after this year’s fires.”

Crys closed this loop by scoring another First Report by taking the Leviathan Mine Rd back to 395. She says that “up and around Leviathan Mine itself still has wonderful color and the canyon just south of the Nevada border was also beautiful.

Crys had no reason to be guilt-ridden, though selfishly, we’re glad she was, as it caused her to look for places others were ignoring and thus score the first Triple Crown of California Fall Color First Reports.

• Burcham Flat Rd., Mono County – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
• Haypress Flat Rd., Mono County – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
• Leviathan Mine Rd. Mono County – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
• Dunderberg Meadows Road – Past Peak, You Missed It.