fall foliage reports....

[AngryScientist]

still super green here in NJ.

leaves starting to turn where you are yet?

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[marciero]

We've had nothing aside from the isolated spots, often on individual trees, that turn quickly and fade.

I had been using this to plan. Not sure if the predictions are being updated though.

https://newengland.com/seasons/fall/foliage/peak-fall-foliage-map/

I had been planning a VT or NH trip Oct 4-7. I've been wanting to do one of the VT Gravel Growler routes

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/16256858

Having gotten a fair amount of gravel lately I may make it into more of a road thing on the "scenic highways".

[R3awak3n]

Only 2 hours up from you and leaves are starting to fall too but no signs of color change yet, can’t wait.

[CNY rider]

In central NY this year looks like a serious underperformed for fall foliage.
We usually peak just after Columbus Day weekend and we should already be seeing vibrant colors.
We have pretty much nada.
We have green leaves, and we have maples with yellow/brown leaves that are falling rapidly.
Not sure why......alll the heat and humidity? The abundant rainfall?

[oldpotatoe]

Started big in CO..maybe a bit earlier due to it being so dry.

[wgp]

Started big in CO..maybe a bit earlier due to it being so dry.

OMG those colors in the photo!!! Surreal ...

[Richard]

My understanding is that for peak colors, the end of the summer/early fall needs to be somewhat dry with cool nights. That is the opposite of what has happened. Where I am we have had torrential rain followed by warm humid times then more rain. I see lots of trees going straight to brown.

[bicycletricycle]

Rhode Island is still green

[2LeftCleats]

Southern IN is getting a little color around the edges but appears that we won't peak until last week in Oct which is late for us. The annual Hilly Hundred is next weekend. The bad news is that the colors won't be as intense as usual; the good news is that there won't be as many leaves to make downhill cornering treacherous.

[parris]

Here in the Binghamton area there are a few leaves that've dropped but no real color change.

[tele]

Starting to turn in Western Mass
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[Matthew]

Just starting to get a bit of color here in west Michigan. Should start to rapidly change though as it is getting much cooler now.

[2metalhips]

I was in Northern Maine a week ago, Baxter State Park. Very limited color for this time of year, it had been warm and dry there recently.

[joosttx]

Posion oak changes colors in August.

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[ORMojo]

Made it to Breckenridge. While I'm too late for peak color, I'm not complaining! The views out both sides of my suite are nice enough, but I had just enough daylight left to get out for 2+ hours easy hiking the trails right behind my hotel, and loved it. Came across the Breckenridge Freeride Park, the Fairy Forest, more color, water, and better views from higher elevations.

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[ORMojo]

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[oliver1850]

Almost nothing here yet. I've seen a couple of maples starting to turn, and black walnuts dropping leaves as they always do - but they never have any color. It's going to be near 90 degrees here tomorrow, so not exactly like fall - though we were down in the 30s overnight a few days ago.

[joosttx]

the weather has changed to fall. we had our first rain of the season today.
the animals are all trying to mate....

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[merlinmurph]

We've been on the road in our trailer for over 5 weeks.
Nothing yet in GA, SC, NC, and western VA.
Heading north and will be back home in a week. Gotta find my warm clothes, I know I brought them....
Murph

[shoota]

Awesome pics guys!

[ORMojo]

Not as much foliage color today, but much more fun! Tackled a lot more distance and elevation - hiked about 6 hours, about 20 miles, starting elevation of 9,600, peak elevation of 11,700, just slightly above the tree line. Perfect conditions today - it felt awesome.

Over the entire time, saw 4 other hikers, 2 mountain bikers, one trail runner, and 3 moose.

Three questions of the group:

Why are so many evergreen trees on the west side of the divide dead? (see last photo below) I noticed as we crossed the divide coming to Breckenridge - all green on the East side, lots of dead on the West side. Correction: I'm in the shuttle back to Denver as I'm typing this, and we just came out the East side of the divide. Dead trees prevalent here also, just on slopes that I wasn't watching on the outbound trip the other day. Question still stands though, why so many dead?
What is that really beautiful bird? There were a pair singing to each other around 10,500 feet up, and they both flew around me, landing on trees and the ground no more than 5 feet from me. (see photos below)
Is it normal that there's no snow at all on these ~13k Colorado peaks? In Oregon, I'm used to year-round snow at the top of the Cascade peaks.


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[Mr. Pink]

My buddy just texted me a few pics from Killington in Vermont this weekend. Peak right now. He thinks southern Vermont and south will be prime this week.

[Jaybee]

Not as much foliage color today, but much more fun! Tackled a lot more distance and elevation - hiked about 6 hours, about 20 miles, starting elevation of 9,600, peak elevation of 11,700, just slightly above the tree line. Perfect conditions today - it felt awesome.

Over the entire time, saw 4 other hikers, 2 mountain bikers, one trail runner, and 3 moose.

Three questions of the group:

Why are so many evergreen trees on the west side of the divide dead? (see last photo below) I noticed as we crossed the divide coming to Breckenridge - all green on the East side, lots of dead on the West side. Correction: I'm in the shuttle back to Denver as I'm typing this, and we just came out the East side of the divide. Dead trees prevalent here also, just on slopes that I wasn't watching on the outbound trip the other day. Question still stands though, why so many dead?
What is that really beautiful bird? There were a pair singing to each other around 10,500 feet up, and they both flew around me, landing on trees and the ground no more than 5 feet from me. (see photos below)
Is it normal that there's no snow at all on these ~13k Colorado peaks? In Oregon, I'm used to year-round snow at the top of the Cascade peaks.




1) That's beetle kill. Different trees grow on different aspects of slopes, so that's why you get such a marked difference one side to the other.
2) Not sure about your bird. I really need to get better at ID'ing species that aren't raptors.
3) Yes, it's "normal". There aren't a lot of glaciers in that area, and the first serious snow is anywhere from end of Sept to mid-October. They are getting covered in snow as I type this, and they won't be free of snow until mid-July.

[MattTuck]

Just about peak here (central NH), depending on elevation. I'd say my yard is beyond peak.

[dsimon]

Still Green Here we went to Skyline yesterday very few reds and yellows...

[gdw]

Those birds you saw were probably gray jays. Were they larger than a robin and have a black patch across the back of their head?

[fiamme red]

It's still summer here in NYC.

[AngryScientist]

It's still summer here in NYC.

no kidding.

i feel like i live in a swampier version of Seattle.

so sick of rain and humidity!

[avalonracing]

no kidding.

i feel like i live in a swampier version of Seattle.

so sick of rain and humidity!

It's the same south of you in Maryland.

[kppolich]

Starting to turn colors here in Wisconsin
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[Mr. Pink]

Ha, I was just thinking today that New York went from New Orleans this summer to Seattle today. Getting on my nerves. They forecast a nice week, and I wake up to dank.
Colors are starting to happen in Upper Westchester. Big temp change happening over the weekend, and they say next week will only be in the 50s for highs. Hope the transition isn't too windy and brutal.

[Kirk007]

Starting in Seattle.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181009/e294e2a9fdf9d2191ee4c54f1707c471.jpg

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[Clean39T]

Starting in Seattle.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181009/e294e2a9fdf9d2191ee4c54f1707c471.jpg

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Fantastic colors...would make a nice screen saver...

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[kppolich]

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[exapkib]

Dry summer here meant that the quakies peak came and went in a hurry. We missed the best of it, but still had a wonderful weekend in the hills.

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[R3awak3n]

I really should have taken a couple pictures of the foliage and it was pretty but this is all I got. A nice fall ride, today was.

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[gomango]

Color?

Obscured.

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[Cornfed]

Report from the GAP trail ...

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[livingminimal]

Gonna be in the Mid-Atlantic in three weeks, along the C&O for 4-5 days. Any chance Ill catch some of this, or will it be all gone?