A little break in the bad weather allowed professional photographer Cindy van der Velde to drive up to the Mount Charleston area on October 25, 2026. Mount Charleston is near Las Vegas in Southern Nevada. Although the color was past peak, she found patches of yellow and green aspens adding
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We’ve ventured over to Jack’s Valley Road and Genoa several times over the past week to check on the fall foliage. The aspens on Sierra Canyon Trail as of Friday, October 16, 2026 were a mix of green and yellow. They might have taken on more color since then, but
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Normally, on October 14, the fall color at the Spooner Lake State Park backcountry would be at peak. But this year, like many other places, the fall color here peaked earlier than normal. That means much of the autumn foliage here is Past Peak. The good news, though, is that
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Although the aspens on Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive are mostly past peak, Great Basin National Park still has some color that will make you go “Wow!”. One of the places where the autumn foliage is peaking is the hillside visible from Mather Overlook on Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive. It looked
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The eastern side of Hope Valley, California was “a gold mine of fall color,” according to my husband, professional photographer Patrick Wilkes. We hiked up the gated dirt road next to Desolation Hotel the evening of Thursday, September 24, and we were surprised at how far along the color was
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