FALL COLOR REPORT

September 22, 2020: The Inyo National Forest closure has been extended until Thursday, September 24, 2020 at which point it will be reassessed (ended or extended). We will not have a fall color report for these locations until the Inyo National Forest opens back up.

Wildfire smoke has been changing on a daily/hourly basis but is currently clear in the Humboldt-Toyabie National Forest locations as of the time of this report.

We have experienced unprecedented trash and littler this summer. If it’s yours, please leave no trace. If it’s someone else’s, please pack it out. Always remember your Mountain Manners.

Please check each agency's website for up-to-date information:

REPORT: Current locations open for fall color viewing: Virginia Lakes, Conway Summit, Green Creek, Summers Meadows, Twin Lakes Bridgeport, Sonora Pass, Lobdell Lake Road, West Walker River, Monitor Pass and the towns of Walker, Coleville and Topaz.



Most everything is just getting going, especially along the US 395 level. You'll find some lime greens and yellows in the higher elevations of Lobdell Lake Road, Sonora Pass and Monitor Pass.

Virginia Lakes is the place to be this week as most trees along the lake level and upper sections of the road are in full gold display. Take the Virginia Lakes to Green Creek Loop via Dunderberg Meadows Road for the best fall color viewing in the Eastern Sierra this weekend.

Guide:

0-10% - Just Starting

10-50% - Patchy

50-75% - Near Peak (Go Now!)

75-100% - Peaking (GO NOW!)

Past Peak - (You Missed It)

WALKER / COLEVILLE / TOPAZ

Monitor Pass (8,314') - 10-50% Closer to 10% than 50%. This area usually peaks after Sonora and other higher elevation areas.

West Walker River, Walker, Coleville and Topaz (5,200') - 0%

Sonora Pass (9,623') - 10-50% Mostly green with some areas of yellow. Might be perfect for the first part of next week.

BRIDGEPORT / VIRGINIA LAKES

Twin Lakes (7,000') - 0%

Virginia Lakes (9,819’) - 50-75% Go Now! Peaking trees near the lake level. Golden yellows with along the road and near Virginia Lakes Resort. Still green in the lower elevations. Nearing peak on Dunderberg Meadows Road toward Green Creek. The Virginia Lakes to Green Creek Loop via Dunderberg Meadows Road is the place to be this weekend!

Conway Summit (8,143) - 0-10% One good patch of yellow trees way up on the hill but mostly green/lime green everywhere else.

Summers Meadow (7,200') - 0-10% Just starting in the highest of elevations.

LEE VINING

Tioga Pass (9,943') -

Lee Vining Canyon (6,781') -

Lundy Lake & Canyon (7,858') -

BENTON & 120 EAST

Sagehen Summit (8,139’) -

JUNE LAKE LOOP

June Lake Loop/Hwy 158 (7,654') -

MAMMOTH LAKES

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Mammoth Lakes Basin (8,996') -

CROWLEY LAKE/McGEE CREEK/CONVICT LAKE

McGee Creek Canyon (8,600’) -

Around Crowley community (6,781') -

Convict Lake (7850') -

ROCK CREEK CANYON

Rock Creek Road (9,600’) -