Fall Foliage 2024

[Strugglr]

I didn't see a post for this yet this season. A lot of us plan our September climbs around peak Aspen times so I'd love to see reports on the progress of fall colors around Colorado.

I'll start. Did a few peaks around and including Elbert yesterday (9/8) and most of the Aspens were solid green. A few confused patches were turning early but not many.

[two lunches]

there are some very faint glimmers of a warmer shade of green around the Bells. it's going to be a couple weeks yet...

[peter303]

I was in RMNP Sep 8-9 and saw some tree color there, maybe 10%-20% turned. That felt about 10 days earlier than usual.

In addition, there are still wildflowers up to 11,000 feet. So there hasnt been a serious freeze yet.

Interestingly, electronic signs says the park was closed Sunday night, but you could still get in. They was a serious auto accident by the 36 Visitor Center, closing that entrance for a while.

[edit] Denver Post reports on car chase across Trail Ridge Road that resulted in this accident. I think I was on TRR a little before this excitement.

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/09/r ... car-crash/

[Kiefer]

Lots of pockets of yellow, orange & a few reds up on Engineer & Cinnamon Passes. COLD mornings.

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[Trotter]

Kenosha pass this weekend was about 5% turned. The southern sawatch was about the same.

[xcrunner365]

There were quite a few small stands/ individual trees just starting to turn on the road out of Brainard Lake yesterday.

[DaveLanders]

There is already quite a bit of color on the east side of the Weston Pass road, including some nice red aspens. I drove over Kenosha Pass this afternoon and almost nothing had turned. I was surprised at the difference between these two areas considering how close together they are.

[Ryan987]

The alpine loop area in the San Juans are turning. Even some yellow blazes here and there this early in

[madmattd]

Sept. 14: Things are starting to turn along I-70 between the tunnel and Copper Mtn. The few stands of aspens along CO-91 from Copper to Fremont Pass are showing a lot of yellow, but still a fair bit of yellow-tinged green too.

[DaveLanders]

Drove over Berthoud Pass this afternoon. Some spots of good color, but mostly still green.

[Rampaging Baloths]

A decent single grove right now along Herman gulch.

And whole rest of the area is starting to fire up. Still mostly early but the colors are underway.

[Ryan987]

Thanks for the updates y'all. If anyone knows of good spots up at the northern end of the state that'll be great! ( Fort Collins residents trying to avoid I70 traffic)