The red maples and yellow cottonwoods are making for a colorful combination right now in Carson Valley, south of Carson City. The maples are mostly at peak and are adding brilliant swatches of reds throughout yards and ranches in the valley. A few maples are lagging behind and are just […]
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The fall color in the Mount Charleston area near Las Vegas is looking amazing right now, based on photos we’ve received from professional photographer Cindy van der Velde and social media posts from Lee Canyon Ski Resort. Cindy hiked the South Loop Trail on October 1 and found Near Peak
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Hope Valley, California, just a hop, skip, and a jump from the Nevada State Line, is really starting to brighten up with fall color. It makes a great fall color drive near Carson City, Gardnerville, and Minden, Nevada.. As of Monday, October 6, it’s in the Getting Better category at
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The leaves are just starting to get good, but will the government shutdown interfere with your leaf-peeping plans? The good news is that National Forest Trails for the most part are still open. Same goes for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) trails. Great Basin National Park has posted a general
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Right on cue, the fall color at the top of the Mount Rose Highway near Reno is At Peak. It changed about the same time last year, so we drove up there today, Saturday, September 27, with high expectations. We were not disappointed. We estimate that about 75% of the
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