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The Party’s Over

Black cottonwood, Coleville, Antelope Valley (11/9/20) Jeff Simpson | Mono County Tourism

The party’s over in Mono County. This was the year for northern Mono County to strut its stuff, even to the end.

Appropriate for a year when wildfire smoke and Covid concerns closed much of the Inyo National Forest in southern Mono County, areas near the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest to its north gained attention.

We’ve been watching as peak dropped, and now as snows begin to fall in the Eastern Sierra, the Antelope Valley (lowest of the elevations in Mono County) is now past peak, Jeff Simpson reports.

A boulevard of towering black cottonwood beside US 395 in Coleville hold Mono County’s last remaining deep orange leaves. They are a final party favor during an autumn of beautiful color in the Eastern Sierra.

  • Coleville, Antelope Valley (5,141′) – Past Peak, You Missed It.
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