Fall Colors 2017
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AlexeyD
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
Any recent photos or info from the Indian Peaks?
Re: Fall Colors 2017
Here's what the road up to Engineer Pass (Wetterhorn and Uncompahgre) looked like for color this past week. Pretty close to prime, maybe another week or so!
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Tornadoman
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
[quote=I was on Kenosha (just the road) on Sunday and the crowds were insane. Bumper to Bumper traffic on 285 all the way back to town.
Many of the tree's colors appeared washed-out to me in the area.[/quote]
Traffic was already pretty busy this afternoon on 285 around Kenosha and even west. And other than a few spots the aspens in that area looked very washed out. I would agree that they are not impressive this year there.
Many of the tree's colors appeared washed-out to me in the area.[/quote]
Traffic was already pretty busy this afternoon on 285 around Kenosha and even west. And other than a few spots the aspens in that area looked very washed out. I would agree that they are not impressive this year there.
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huffy13
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
Got these pics from our trip to West Willow Creek Sept. 20th and 21st. One day made a big difference!
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
I just found something on Caltopo that might be cool for others looking to plan fall hikes, and trying to remember if/where a given trail goes thru an Aspen stand. One of the map baselayers is a "False Color IR" satellite image. When viewing in this layer, Aspens and Pine trees are different colors so they stick out more than just a standard satellite view!
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spong0949
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
From this morning above Silverthorne:
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
Does anyone have a report from this weekend at RMNP? Am particularly interested to know if there are any leaves remaining in the Bear Lake area.
Re: Fall Colors 2017
Kebler Pass still needs a little while, for anyone planning on going there this year. I was surprised how green everything still was (as of yesterday, the 23rd).
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d_baker
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
Steamboat is probably about a week away from being prime.
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thebeave7
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
Colors were still popping over on the Abyss Lake trail on Saturday (9/23), but were definitely just past peak. A decent number of the trees up high had lost their leaves, but that made for some lovely golden paved trails, lots of good color still around probably for a few more days even.
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RUN_IT
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
Along Crater Lake trail on 9/18 and 9/19, colors were nearing peak conditions with no leaves falling yet but still some mixed green aspens as well.
As of 9/19 there was not quite as much yellow along Castle Creek road, although there was a fair amount. Now is probably nearing peak.
Twin Lakes area appeared to be nearing peak conditions on around 9/20.
A drive up to Guanella pass from the Georgetown side revealed lots of yellow on 9/21, but this area appeared past peak conditions, as many of the aspens were thinning and we saw many leaves on the ground well below the pass.
As of 9/19 there was not quite as much yellow along Castle Creek road, although there was a fair amount. Now is probably nearing peak.
Twin Lakes area appeared to be nearing peak conditions on around 9/20.
A drive up to Guanella pass from the Georgetown side revealed lots of yellow on 9/21, but this area appeared past peak conditions, as many of the aspens were thinning and we saw many leaves on the ground well below the pass.
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AlexeyD
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Re: Fall Colors 2017
As of yesterday, Summit County and the I-70 corridor from Georgetown to Herman Gulch were near peak, while the Vail Valley still had a good bit of green...probably another week or so left there (though still very nice!)
It's interesting that this year, there seems to be almost no correlation between color change timing and latitude.
It's interesting that this year, there seems to be almost no correlation between color change timing and latitude.