Colorado Fall Color Update

Fall has apparently come to Colorado early this year! Maroon Bells
area near Aspen is peaking now! Highway 14 through the Poudre Canyon
is also looking good at least a week early.

Jim

From: "jhein"

Fall has apparently come to Colorado early this year! Maroon Bells
area near Aspen is peaking now!

Now? Wow.

Anyone seen the Telluride - Durango - Ouray area in the San Juans lately? Was
thinking of heading up next week but I can always push it up a bit.

Thanks for the report Jim.

Bill

From: "jhein"

Fall has apparently come to Colorado early this year! Maroon Bells
area near Aspen is peaking now!

Now? Wow.

Anyone seen the Telluride - Durango - Ouray area in the San Juans lately? Was
thinking of heading up next week but I can always push it up a bit.

Thanks for the report Jim.

Bill

Bill Hilton wrote:
From: "jhein"


Fall has apparently come to Colorado early this year! Maroon Bells
area near Aspen is peaking now!


Now? Wow.

Anyone seen the Telluride - Durango - Ouray area in the San Juans lately? Was
thinking of heading up next week but I can always push it up a bit.

Thanks for the report Jim.

Bill

Hi Bill
When I was in Crested Butte the last week of August, the leaves were
already beginning to turn. In fact, more color was showing in
Crested Butte then than we saw on the drive from Anchorage to
Homer last week. I estimated in August that peak would
be a week early. Local weather forecasters said earlier
than that. My son went camping last weekend at Guenella
Pass (11,000 feet south of Georgetown by I70) and says the aspens were
at peak, a perfect golden yellow. All this implies that peak
is this coming week in the San Juans (without actual info
from that area).

Roger

Bill Hilton wrote:
From: "jhein"


Fall has apparently come to Colorado early this year! Maroon Bells
area near Aspen is peaking now!


Now? Wow.

Anyone seen the Telluride - Durango - Ouray area in the San Juans lately? Was
thinking of heading up next week but I can always push it up a bit.

Thanks for the report Jim.

Bill

Hi Bill
When I was in Crested Butte the last week of August, the leaves were
already beginning to turn. In fact, more color was showing in
Crested Butte then than we saw on the drive from Anchorage to
Homer last week. I estimated in August that peak would
be a week early. Local weather forecasters said earlier
than that. My son went camping last weekend at Guenella
Pass (11,000 feet south of Georgetown by I70) and says the aspens were
at peak, a perfect golden yellow. All this implies that peak
is this coming week in the San Juans (without actual info
from that area).

Roger

Bill Hilton wrote:

From: "jhein"


Fall has apparently come to Colorado early this year! Maroon Bells
area near Aspen is peaking now!


Now? Wow.

Anyone seen the Telluride - Durango - Ouray area in the San Juans lately? Was
thinking of heading up next week but I can always push it up a bit.

I have a friend in Cedaredge that sent me some lovely fall color photos
on the 5th. He was up on the Grand Mesa, they've also had their first
snow. One of the photos was of a pond with a hill in shade. Where the
sun had shone, the snow melted, but the shaded hill was still covered
with a skiff. Very cool photo, it looked like half summer, half winter.
I had to ask if it was photoshopped, it was not :-)

I was at Aspen Alley in the Medicine Bow NF on the 10th and the color
had just barely started there. I also heard from a friend about the same
time that US191 going Rock Springs to Vernal was starting to turn.

There's also this page:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/recreation/fallcolors/report/
Looks like they update once a week.


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From: "Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)"

Hi Bill
When I was in Crested Butte the last week of August, the leaves were
already beginning to turn. In fact, more color was showing in
Crested Butte then than we saw on the drive from Anchorage to
Homer last week. I estimated in August that peak would
be a week early. Local weather forecasters said earlier
than that. My son went camping last weekend at Guenella
Pass (11,000 feet south of Georgetown by I70) and says the aspens were
at peak, a perfect golden yellow. All this implies that peak
is this coming week in the San Juans (without actual info
from that area).

Thanks Roger ... actually I found a report from Ridgway State Park (on the
north edge of the San Juans) and here's what they said on Sept 14 ... "Aspen
are starting to turn in the high country. Oakbrush is beginning to turn on
north slopes. Cottonwoods are showing some color along the rivers. Expect
colors to peak in 2-3 weeks."

I think I'll wait a bit still ...

Bill

From: "Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)"

Hi Bill
When I was in Crested Butte the last week of August, the leaves were
already beginning to turn. In fact, more color was showing in
Crested Butte then than we saw on the drive from Anchorage to
Homer last week. I estimated in August that peak would
be a week early. Local weather forecasters said earlier
than that. My son went camping last weekend at Guenella
Pass (11,000 feet south of Georgetown by I70) and says the aspens were
at peak, a perfect golden yellow. All this implies that peak
is this coming week in the San Juans (without actual info
from that area).

Thanks Roger ... actually I found a report from Ridgway State Park (on the
north edge of the San Juans) and here's what they said on Sept 14 ... "Aspen
are starting to turn in the high country. Oakbrush is beginning to turn on
north slopes. Cottonwoods are showing some color along the rivers. Expect
colors to peak in 2-3 weeks."

I think I'll wait a bit still ...

Bill

In article ,
dy (Bill Hilton) wrote:

From: "Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)"

When I was in Crested Butte the last week of August, the leaves were
already beginning to turn. In fact, more color was showing in
Crested Butte then than we saw on the drive from Anchorage to
Homer last week. I estimated in August that peak would
be a week early. Local weather forecasters said earlier
than that. My son went camping last weekend at Guenella
Pass (11,000 feet south of Georgetown by I70) and says the aspens were
at peak, a perfect golden yellow. All this implies that peak
is this coming week in the San Juans (without actual info
from that area).

Thanks Roger ... actually I found a report from Ridgway State Park (on the
north edge of the San Juans) and here's what they said on Sept 14 ... "Aspen
are starting to turn in the high country. Oakbrush is beginning to turn on
north slopes. Cottonwoods are showing some color along the rivers. Expect
colors to peak in 2-3 weeks."

Hi, Bill

Pretty good color starting on Taos Mtn last weekend, and the Santa Fe
ski area looks pretty good from below. I'll be going up this PM.

Cheers -- Pete Tillman
Santa Fe

In article ,
dy (Bill Hilton) wrote:

From: "Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)"

When I was in Crested Butte the last week of August, the leaves were
already beginning to turn. In fact, more color was showing in
Crested Butte then than we saw on the drive from Anchorage to
Homer last week. I estimated in August that peak would
be a week early. Local weather forecasters said earlier
than that. My son went camping last weekend at Guenella
Pass (11,000 feet south of Georgetown by I70) and says the aspens were
at peak, a perfect golden yellow. All this implies that peak
is this coming week in the San Juans (without actual info
from that area).

Thanks Roger ... actually I found a report from Ridgway State Park (on the
north edge of the San Juans) and here's what they said on Sept 14 ... "Aspen
are starting to turn in the high country. Oakbrush is beginning to turn on
north slopes. Cottonwoods are showing some color along the rivers. Expect
colors to peak in 2-3 weeks."

Hi, Bill

Pretty good color starting on Taos Mtn last weekend, and the Santa Fe
ski area looks pretty good from below. I'll be going up this PM.

Cheers -- Pete Tillman
Santa Fe