Rainbow Over Mono Lake
Color spotter Darrell Sano reminds us why we go out in the rain to look for fall color. Because by doing so, we see things, wonderful things, that would otherwise remain undiscovered.
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First Report: Majestic Mineral King
Frank McDonough usually does his fall color reporting from the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Gardens, but found himself in Mineral King this week, as storms rolled past. He had the presence of mind to sent back these powerful images and score a First Report for majestic Mineral King, a subalpine glacier valley at the southern […]
This Week in Plumas County by Mike Nellor
Mike Nellor shares this video taken off LaPorte Road near Quincy. Many of the best fall color trails are forest service dirt and gravel roads that lead from main roads in the Shasta Cascade. Seen in the video are rosy dogwood and golden bigleaf maple. [embedplusvideo height=”479″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1VXefj7″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Snyx2_ZSf8A?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=Snyx2_ZSf8A&width=600&height=479&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep1885″ /]
This Week in Mono County by Jeff Simpson
Here’s a video of #SierraFallColors taken this week by Jeff Simpson of Mono County Tourism. Most of the yellow color is California Aspen, though orange-yellow willows are also shown. [embedplusvideo height=”479″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1MuBDj2″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/jUlHMOGDTT0?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=jUlHMOGDTT0&width=600&height=479&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep9527″ /]
Big Bear’s Burnt Aspen to Recover, Beautifully
A grove of California Aspen near Big Bear in the San Gorgonio Wilderness, listed as one of only two naturally-occurring aspen groves in Southern California, will recover from this past year’s Summer’s Lake fire in a couple of years, according to a report in Big Bear Today. The article quotes Steve Alarid of the USDA Forest […]
Deep Reds Deep into the John Muir Wilderness
Yesterday, color spotter Clayton Peoples hiked into the Little Lakes Valley (Inyo County) which is within the John Muir Wilderness and Inyo National Forest. He confirms what others have been reporting that Rock Creek Rd, portions of which are both in Mono County and Inyo County) is definitely peaking. Many aspen groves along the road are showing […]
First Report: Coffee Creek Colors Up
Take CA-3 north of CA-299 and you pass Trinity Lake, the Trinity Alps on your way to Coffee Creek. This western side of the vast Shasta Cascade region is wild, beautiful and so lightly traveled that few photographers or leaf peepers have explored it. The drive to Coffee Creek is along narrow roads that are […]
It’s Happening Big Time in Mono County
When Alicia Vennos starts screaming “WoooooHooooo!,” as she did in today’s report, you know you’re gonna be up late posting it. Sure ‘nough, Mono County is at peak or approaching it. There are so many GO NOW! alerts in this report, that, well, the best advice I have is to just pack your bags for […]
Yosemite Sugar Maple Peaks
GO NOW! If you want to see Yosemite Valley’s historic sugar maple peaking, as it doesn’t last long. The exotic tree will probably be past peak by the weekend. Peak GO NOW! — Yosemite Valley — One tree peaks first in Yosemite Valley each year, an eastern sugar maple planted near the Yosemite Chapel over a […]
Eastern Sierra Upper Canyons Explode
Color spotters Leor Pantilat and Steven and Maddie Noiseux traveled to McGee Creek and Rock Creek in the Eastern Sierra this past weekend and sent back these photos and reports. As we predicted last week, Rock Creek was peaking, as was McGee. Steven Noiseux said, Rock Creek “Looks to be peak color now. The lake […]