Entries by John Poimiroo

Elliot McGucken Captures Glory

  Photographer Elliot McGucken knew to GO NOW! and traveled to Bishop Creek Canyon over the past few days to capture these glorious images of the canyon at peak color. If you’ve done similarly, email your best photos to: editor@californiafallcolor.com We’ll post them for those to enjoy who can’t GO NOW!.

Mountain Warfare Training Center’s Bright Side

              The Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) is where United States Marines train for combat in mountain and winter conditions in mountainous terrain. MWTC is situated on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, northwest of Bridgeport, Calif. Each autumn, the MTWC becomes draped in fall color when aspen […]

Red Lake is Green, Lime, Yellow and Orange

Color spotter Phillip Reedy visited Red Lake along Carson Pass, east of Kirkwood, and found the aspen peaking with a kaleidoscope of green, lime, yellow and orange to be seen. There’s so much color yet to develop, that Philip forecasts, Hwy 88 should have a rolling peaks for the next couple of weeks (conditions permitting).

Full Peak Above 9,000′ – GO NOW!

It’s peaking at the highest elevations in Bishop Creek Canyon (Inyo County) and that has color spotters wondering if autumn is arriving early. Actually, it’s right on time. It always seems early when areas above 9,000′ in the Eastern Sierra peak in September, but that’s actually quite normal. Lake Sabrina, South Lake and North Lake […]

When Should I Go?

“When should I go?” is the most common question we receive. “Go Now!” is our response. Don’t put off visiting an area if it is Near Peak or, certainly, at Peak. As, when a location is peaking it only has two weeks — at most — of peak color to be seen at that elevation. Each […]

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Bishop Creek on Video

Bishop, Calif. shows us how artists, climbers and riders are seeing fall color this week in their backyard, Bishop Creek Canyon. [embedplusvideo height=”367″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/2dI4PNU” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SjSss4BVkHU?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=SjSss4BVkHU&width=600&height=367&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep1912″ /] [embedplusvideo height=”367″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/2dI5RcB” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/vzopi-bz4MM?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=vzopi-bz4MM&width=600&height=367&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep7000″ /] [embedplusvideo height=”367″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/2dI4BWT” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/-wQHmYzCUPY?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=-wQHmYzCUPY&width=600&height=367&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep3205″ /]

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Hope Springs Eternal Fall Color

[embedplusvideo height=”367″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/2dqrR7G” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0TSia_Xmhzw?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=0TSia_Xmhzw&width=600&height=367&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep3522″ /] Color spotter Vince Piercey visited the Hope Valley yesterday and returned with these photos of Near Peak color springing out. It would take an essay to fully describe this lovely valley on the east side of Carson Pass (CA-88), but this editor is no Alexander Pope. Instead, […]