Autumn Colors 2024

[scatman]

After a quick trip to the farmers' market this morning to get some peaches, pears, apples, squash and jalapeño cheese bread, Sheila and I embarked on a 10.2 mile walk up City Creek Canyon to check out if any of the leaves were turning up the canyon. We walked up the road to where it is closed while they update the water treatment plant, and then we took the trail back down the canyon. The temperature reached 93 degrees this afternoon, so it was a hot walk. It's been a very hot summer and fall here in Salt Lake, and I'm ready for some cooler weather to move in.

The maples have started to turn and are probably at their best up City Creek right now. Unfortunately the colors are not as vivid as they were last year or even the year before. The poison ivy reds were impressive though. Maybe in a couple of weeks the cottonwoods and willows will put on a show with their yellows.

We were able to see six wild turkeys moving through the scrub on our way back down the canyon.

 

[scatman]

I think Little Cottonwood Canyon may have City Creek Canyon beat this year.


Mount Superior and Monte Cristo


Superior and Monte Cristo




















Devil's Castle






Mount Superior

 

[Bob]

Nice ..... All my Aspens have already lost tmost of their leaves

 

[SteveR]

Nice colors, Scat. Thanks for kicking off the autumn foliage thread!
It's alpine larch time in the Canadian Rockies, with the usual frenzy being possibly exacerbated by the color change being a few days later than the norm. On Friday, morning appointments kept us from putting boots to ground until 1 pm, so we opted for a favorite easy access locale. The late start turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the crowds were already leaving, and the morning overcast was lifting which made for some fine golden late afternoon light.

 

[Ugly]

No larches or PNW autumn colors for me this year.

Between taking my parents out for a drive, and then a couple of kids for a hike, the past week was pretty nice.

 

[Jackson]

Some subtle colors from a few days ago in the Bechler area of Yellowstone.

 

[Bob]

You had some great weather...... No color but I was in the area......

 

[Bob]

Some fading color ...... but still nice

 

[Jackson]

You had some great weather...... No color but I was in the area......

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Yeah, this was our fifth year doing a trip there this time of year, and it was by far the warmest and driest I've experienced. Makes life easier, but I kinda wished it had rained or snowed just a bit. Haha.