Natural History Wanderings

Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors Tracker has the following quick summary for 10/10/15

Quick Summary Update – October 10, 2015

Past Peak (but offering long-range views of valleys below)

• Craggy Gardens area

At Peak ( 75% & up ) <= THIS weekend’s best outlook

• Graveyard Fields
• Higher peaks of the Southern Region south of Mt Pisgah.
• Most elevations above 5,500′.

Near Peak, but very colorful ( 50% to 75% ) <= NEXT weekend’s best outlook

• Boone / Blowing Rock area including Price Lake and Moses Cone Manor.
• Grandfather Mountain
• Linn Cove Viaduct south to Crabtree Falls
• North of Asheville to Craggy Gardens
• South of Asheville to Mt Pisgah
• Most elevations in the range from 3,500′ to 5,500′.

Patchy, but not green (  10% – 50% )

• Most of the Parkway in Virginia
• North of Boone / Blowing Rock area traveling into Virginia.
• Asheville and the French Broad River Valley
• Valleys of the Southern region south of Mt Pisgah.
• Most elevations in the range from 2,500′ to 3,500′.

Unchanged ( less than 10% color )

• Long range views off the eastern and western escarpment.
• Roanoke & James River Areas
• Most elevations below 2,500′.

See complete details at Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors Tracker