Natural History Wanderings

California Fall Color California Fall Color has the following fall color update for Mono County

Areas above 8,500′ in this Eastern Sierra county are now flush with orange and red.

GO NOW! – Peak 75 – 100% – Rock Creek – Rock Creek Lake and the Rock Creek Trail are now at full peak.  Lower areas of Rock Creek Canyon at are approaching  peak and could go any day, now.

GO NOW! – Peak 75 – 100& – Hilton Lakes Trail – Same as Rock Creek.

GO NOW! – Peak 75 – 100% – Sherwin Lakes – You’ll have to do some hiking to get to where it’s at full peak. Take the Sherwin Creek Trail up to the Sherwin Lakes to get close to these peak color areas.

Patchy 10 – 50% – Sherwin Creek – Sherwin Creek in Mammoth Lakes is just above 10% with lots of lime and a little yellow.

GO NOW! – Near Peak 50 – 75% – Green Creek – The color at Green Creek varies from patchy to near peak, so we’re alerting to Go Now!

Patchy 10 – 50-% – Rainbow Fall and Devil’s Postpile NM – The road into Devil’s Postpile remains open until the first storms, providing viewing of the fall color in the upper San Joaquin River drainage.

Patchy 10 – 50% Conway Summit – It’s still early, but showing signs.

See photos at California Fall Color California Fall Color.