Entries by John Poimiroo

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Cascade Trail to Spanish Creek

Plumas County color spotter Michael Beatley hiked the Cascade Trail beside Spanish Creek toward Quincy, yesterday, discovering one beautiful reflection after another. He wrote, “The area has a profusion of color and reflections, with Indian Rhubarb, Bigleaf maple, black oak and grasses providing the color.” Spanish Creek is along the trail to the Cascades. It […]

Road Trip: CA-120, US 395

It’s fun to follow someone’s road trip through the snaps they took along the way. Today, Anirudh Natekar sent these images of his road trip from the SF Bay Area up CA-120 through Yosemite National Park and south on US 395 past the June Lake Loop to Bishop Creek Canyon. Bishop Creek is pretty much […]

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Mono County Keeps On Giving

Oh, to be Phillip Reedy. He always seems to be at beautiful places. This past week, Reedy and Ben Waterman visited Mono County, sending back these wonderful images. Phillip reported that while Bishop Creek is basically Past Peak at higher elevations, it’s still nice at lower elevations, but the real trophy winner is McGee Creek […]

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Falling Leaves

Peter Robbins sends this impression of autumn along the West Fork of the Carson River (Hope Valley), taken on Oct. 11. Cell phones provide the opportunity for any color spotter to capture the moment. If you have one, send a YouTube link to editor@californiafallcolor.com and we’ll post it (space permitting).

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Mt. Laguna Majesty

Often, a photograph is more than a reflection of reality, it is a glimpse into another reality. That’s what color spotter Shane Coker took away from his drive over Mt. Laguna, through Julian and Lake Cuyamaca, yesterday. His drive provided our first report from San Diego County, but more, it provided a glimpse of this […]

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Apple Hill – Ripe for Picking

A detour on my return from Lake Tahoe, yesterday, included a stop at Apple Hill in Camino to take photos and — what else!? — buy an apple pie. My route took me through Pleasant Valley (great wine tasting) down Newtown Rd. toward Placerville, US 50 and Camino. Newtown is a lovely, winding road canopied […]

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Losing Hope? Not Quite Yet

The Hope Valley still has lots and lots of peak color, though it’s all below 7,400′. A scouting trip through the Hope Valley (CA-88, Carson Pass) found peak color at Sorensen’s Resort at the top of Woodford’s Canyon and in the Hope Valley below Red Creek Cabin. Comparison photos of Red Creek Cabin (admittedly shot […]

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South Lake Tahoe – Find The Drainages

The City of South Lake Tahoe has spots of planted dogwood and aspen near downtown businesses and hotels, and in its residential  neighborhoods, but to see spectacular stands of native aspen, cottonwood and bigleaf maple, you have to head out of town and search for  drainages. On the west side of SLT, CA-89 winds north […]