Natural History Wanderings

Updated with Sacramento Bee and Parchers Reports

Parchers Resort reports:

• Parchers Camp – Peak Color
• North Lake – Peak Color or Past Peak
• Lake Sabrina Peak Color or Past Peak
• Lake Sabrina Approach – Peak Color
• Sabrina Camp Groves – Past Peak
• Cardinal Pinnacle Groves- 75 – 100%
• Surveyor’s Meadow Peak Color
• Cardinal Mine Grove – Peak Color or Past Peak
• Table Mountain Campground – Peak Color
• Mountain Glen Campground – 75-100%
• The Famous Mist Falls on South Fork Bishop Creek 75-
• Four Jeffrey Camp Groves – 50-75%
• Willow Camp & Tyee Trailhead – Past Peak
• South Lake – Elevation – Past Peak

The Sacramento Bee posted its Fall Leaves report Best Bets for fall leaf color October 14 to 26:  Their  suggestions for best color:

• Intake 2 to Aspendell  area and South Fork Bishop Creek around Mountain Glen
• Bishop Park
• Old Parcher’s road on the south Fork Bishop Creek.
• Conway Summit is beginning to turn and will have full color by mid-week next week.
• Convict Lake  full color by mid-week.
• Rock Creek canyon’s walls are still pretty good but falling rapidly; best at the lower end of the canyon.

Calphoto’s Fall Color in California and Yahoo discussion group Where to Photograph in California have a number of postings on fall color information for the Sierra.  The reports were  somewhat contradictory.  Some best guesses are:

• North Lake is probably past due to the storm
• South Lake will probably have good color soon
• Below South Lake is mostly green
• Rock Creek has good color
• Convict Lake  is past but there is color on the hill
• Hope Valley is green
• Yosemite Valley will be late, which probably means a few weeks away
• Lundy Canyon mostly green
• June Lake may show promise
• Virginia Creek is past