Album Fall Colors 2016

[gnwatts]

I was driving the other day to Telluride. One of my favorite (and accessible) spots to see some color is Dallas Divide, and the Sneffels Range, between Ridgway and Telluride. The aspens were not very yellow (or red, orange), but I found the oak, seviceberry, mountain mahogany, dogwood and chokecherry, in full display.
It was a spectacular display that more than made up for the aspens.

The base of Mount Sneffels, which never showed it's face:

Dallas Peak:

 

[Ugly]

I am loving these. @gnwatts ... those are sweet!

And it has been so long since I have seen Larch during the fall, (going on 20+ years).

This weekend three of the kids and I needed to get out, so we spent the evening playing around up Mill B North in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The oak and maple are mostly past prime... but the sun provided a few minutes of goodness.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Went for an evening drive around the Grand Mesa yesterday.


Buzzard Divide Road by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[Seldom Seen Anderson]

Between Cedar Breaks and Panguitch lake we found Some of the biggest Quakies I have ever seen!

 

[SteveR]

Someone wanted larches?

Sunday, September 25 in Arethusa Cirque, Kananaskis Country, Alberta.

Summers dying rays, captured.

 

[Ugly]

Oh Yeah... !
Not to anger any censors or kids...

B!tchin!

We went up Arethusa and Ptarmigan back in the 90's. It was during July, so seasonally differing sights.
Thank you.

 

[SteveR]

Oh Yeah... !
Not to anger any censors or kids...

B!tchin!

We went up Arethusa and Ptarmigan back in the 90's. It was during July, so seasonally differing sights.
Thank you.

So you know the area! We took in both cirques- going up the very busy Ptarmigan trail, then traversing off trail above the highway at treeline and around the corner into Arethusa. Circling Arethusa is one of the finest short hikes in the Rockies IMO, and is not crowded thanks to the lack of an official trail into the cirque, and the need for a bit of routefinding on the trail-less loop around the upper cirque.

 

[danger02ward]

Lake Blanche trail big cottonwood canyon.

A little past its prime but still beautiful lake Blanche and sundial peak.

 

[Scott Chandler]

Last week, near Moraine Lake in Banff National Park. The alpine larch trees were full on. Below is the very aptly named Larch Valley, which leads towards Sentinel Pass.
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Whoa awesome! I've wanted to see a mass of fall color larch since I learned about the tree. That is an awesome sight. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Scott Chandler]

Some different fall color

FIREWEED


I missed the best fields. Autumn goes quick in AK.

 

[Craig F.]

Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada

 

[Craig F.]

Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada

 

[gnwatts]

A couple more.....
We were in Telluride for the Neil Young concert (if you like Mr. Young this is not to be missed), look at all that grey hair!

The color was the best I have ever seen here, including the drive over from Carbondale. I wanted to stop every few minutes to photograph on the drive over, but my wife started getting mad.
The end of Telluride's box canyon:

On Dallas Divide, a week after I last visited here:

Mt. Sneffels, not visible last week:

 

[Jackson]

We were in Telluride for the Neil Young concert (if you like Mr. Young this is not to be missed), look at all that grey hair!

I'm envious. Don't have gray hair yet though.
Beautiful photos.

 

[Brendan S]

Poison ivy in the Poison Ivy fork of Choprock...
_DSC4237 by Brendan Swihart, on Flickr

 

[Deleted User]

One of the best spots for color in the Wasatch! Taken last Friday. 9.30.2016

Dog Lake Pano

Dog Lake looking SE

Dog Lake looking North. Love the leaf litter this time of year! Makes for such cool foregrounds!

 

[Mack Shaft]

Trapper Peak, Montana

 

[Jackson]

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Trapper Peak, Montana

Beautiful. I need to go farther north in the fall so I can see some of those larches!

 

[Scott Chandler]

There aren't many aspen up there, but they are colorful in the Pine Valley Mountains

 

[Jackson]

Looks like the Cottonwoods in the Buckhorn Wash/San Rafael River area will be nice and yellow in a week or two. Lots of green ones still. These are from Calf Canyon.