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Shasta Cascade color spotter Jeri Rangel reports that Pacific dogwood are blessing the forest with a mix of rose, ruby and lime leaves in the Trinity Alps along CA-3. Mixed in the forest are the bright yellow leaves of Locust trees and speckles of gold and yellow willow along the trail to Caribou Lakes in […]
Jan Davies reports there’s “a rainbow of colors” in the neighborhoods of Chester at Lake Almanor with bigleaf and rocky mountain maples — as well as some exotics in gardens — showing, “everything from lime green to lemon, gold, umber, and cranberry.” Lake Almanor is located along the Feather River in northern California, where the […]
With all eyes on the Eastern Sierra, due to predicted wind and snow, Josh Wray of Mammoth Lakes went out today to see what’s happening and returned with this report. Mammoth Creek Road — Near Peak (50-75%) Go Now! — This spot sure […]
Josh Wray and his friends know how to have fun… head to Parker Lake near Mammoth Lakes for some standup paddleboarding surrounded by brilliant fall color. He rated Parker as Patchy, though by the time you get there, it will be peaking, and along the trail to the lake, aspen have peaked and are falling […]
Wonderful color is appearing among the black oak, maple and aspen of the San Bernardino Mountains. Alena Nicholas traveled the Rim of the World highway, scouting each of the Bernardinos’ popular lakes, finding lots of bright color and predicting that peak color should continue for two weeks (CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE). San Bernardino Mountains […]
Peak yellow aspen leaves were fluttering in the wind when Laura Zirino visited McGee Creek, yesterday. This area of the Eastern Sierra will likely drop it’s leaves by the weekend, should strong winds blow through on Thursday. It’s why the season is called Fall. McGee Creek — Peak (75-100%) GO NOW!
This is one of the longest reports California Fall Color has ever published. It is so, because of many detailed reports received. Unbeknownst to us, our inbox crashed along with the server, causing reports sent to us last week to arrive today. So, please bear with this long post, as it’s full of great photos […]
After hearing today that leaves had dropped from some aspen trees at June Lake, we asked Jeff Simpson to go there and photograph what it looks like, right now. His photos do not disappoint. The aspen groves are lush and full of leaves, though, on closer inspection, some are spotted with black leaf spot fungus. […]
The Southern Sierra have been hit hard by drought. 60 million conifers have died from bark beetles. As, in a drought, the trees are less able to defend themselves by pushing sap to block infestation by the beetles. We received a report today that, as a result of the drought, many aspen are so dry at […]
So much attention is given to the Eastern Sierra at the start of each autumn, that Plumas County must feel like the last kid picked to play. But, when Plumas County eventually steps up, it plays big. At the northern end of the Sierra Nevada, and part of Califoria’s vast Shasta Cascade tourism region, Plumas County […]