Fall Colors
Visit one of America's Best Fall Foliage Forests!
Mono County and the surrounding Eastern Sierra provide the best show of glowing golden-orange-crimson fall colors in the western United States. Our natural landscape in the Eastern Sierra, where rugged granite canyons are carved by rushing streams and framed by an azure sky, offers a spellbinding contrast of colors during autumn. Travel to Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes, the June Lake Loop, Yosemite (Tioga Pass), Lundy Canyon, Bridgeport, Sonora Pass and beyond to see fall colors at their finest.
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FALL COLOR REPORT
November 9, 2020: We are officially past peak! Thank you for another great year of fall color viewing! Plan your trip next year for the last week in September through the month of October!
Guide:
0-10% - Just Starting
10-50% - Patchy
50-75% - Near Peak (Go Now!)
75-100% - Peaking (GO NOW!)
Past Peak - (You Missed It)
WALKER / COLEVILLE / TOPAZ
Monitor Pass (8,314') - Past Peak
West Walker River, Walker, Coleville and Topaz (5,200') - Past Peak
Sonora Pass (9,623') - Past peak
Lobdell Lake Road (9,274') - Past Peak
BRIDGEPORT / VIRGINIA LAKES
Twin Lakes (7,000') - Past Peak
Virginia Lakes (9,819’) - Past Peak
Conway Summit (8,143) - Past Peak
Summers Meadow (7,200') - Past Peak
LEE VINING
Tioga Pass (9,943') - Past Peak.
Lee Vining Canyon (6,781') - Past Peak
Lundy Lake & Canyon (7,858') - Past Peak
BENTON & 120 EAST
Sagehen Summit (8,139’) - Past Peak
JUNE LAKE LOOP
June Lake Loop/Hwy 158 (7,654') - Past Peak
MAMMOTH LAKES
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Mammoth Lakes Basin (8,996') - Past Peak
CROWLEY LAKE/McGEE CREEK/CONVICT LAKE
McGee Creek Canyon (8,600’) - Past Peak
Around Crowley community (6,781') - Past Peak
Convict Lake (7850') - Past Peak
ROCK CREEK CANYON
Rock Creek Road (9,600’) - Past Peak
2020 Fall Colors
Pictures from the 2020 Fall Color Season

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.20.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.20.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lundy Canyon 10.19.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Conway Summit 10.19.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Conway Summit 10.19.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lundy Canyon 10.19.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Monitor Pass 10.16.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Conway Summit 10.12.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Summers Meadow Road 10.12.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.12.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Honeymoon Flat Campground 10.12.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.4.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.4.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.4.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Leavitt Lake 10.3.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Sonora Pass 10.3.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Summers Meadow Road 10.2.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 9.26.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 9.26.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9.28.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Upper Virginia Lakes 9.28.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes Road 9.28.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes Road 9.28.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Conway Summit 9.28.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Sonora Pass 9.26.20 - Photo by Jeff Simpson
2019 Fall Colors
Pictures from the 2019 Fall Color Season

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.18.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Upper Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.18.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.18.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.18.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Conway Summit 10.15.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: McGee Canyon 10.15.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Gull Lake 10.15.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Monitor Pass 10.14.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Convict Lake 10.15.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: June Lake Loop 10.9.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Silver Lake 10.9.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.8.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Upper Summers Meadow Road 10.8.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.8.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake 10.9.19 - Photo by Dakota Snider Mammoth Lakes Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit 10.7.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Twin Lakes, Bridgeport 10.8.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: West Walker River 10.8.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.8.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 10.2.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.1.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.1.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Sonora Pass near Leavitt Meadows 10.1.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.29.19 - Photo by Donna Mercer

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.29.19 - Photo by Donna Mercer

Pictured above: Sonora Pass 10.1.19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.29.19 - Photo by Donna Mercer

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9/25/19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/25/19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Little Virginia Lakes 9/25/19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9/25/19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/25/19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/18/19 - Photo Credit Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/18/19 - Photo Credit Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/18/19 - Photo Credit Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/18/19 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Monitor Pass 9/16/19 - Photo Credit Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/9/19 - Photo Credit: Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/9/19 - Photo Credit: Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/9/19 - Photo Credit: Jeff Simpson

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9/9/19 - Photo Credit: Jeff Simpson
2018 Fall Colors
Pictures from the 2018 Fall Color Season

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.5.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: June Lake Loop 10.12.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Road 10.12.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lundy Canyon Fall Colors 10.11.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Monitor Pass 10.9.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Molybdenite Canyon Trail 10.6.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.5.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Monitor Pass 10.9.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.5.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Molybdenite Canyon Trail 10.6.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sonora Pass 10.4.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sonora Pass 10.4.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 10.2.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Little Antelope Pack Station 9.30.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Mammoth Lakes Basin 10.2.18 - Photo by Liz Grans Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Carson Iceberg Wilderness 9.30.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Silver Lake 10.3.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit 10.2.18 - photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9.25.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 9.24.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes Road 9.20.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 9.24.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Little Antelope Valley Pack Station 9.f24.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.18.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake 9.18.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake 9.18.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake 9.18.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9.15.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 9.17.18 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek lake 9.8.18 - Photo Credit Liz Grans Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Upper Rock Creek Road 9.8.11 - Photo by Liz Grans Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Green Lake Hike 9.9.18 - Photo by Alicia Vennos Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Upper Green Creek 9.9.18 - Photo by Alicia Vennos Mono County Tourism
2017 Fall Colors
Pictures from the 2017 Fall Color Season

Pictured above: June Lake 10.18.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Silver Lake 10.18.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Silver Lake 10.18.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lundy Lake Campground 10.18.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rush Creek 10.18.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit 10.11.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: June Lake 10.11.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Silver Lake 10.11.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: June Lake Loop 10.11.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: June Lake Loop 10.11.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.9.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.9.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Summers Meadow Road 10.9.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Summers Meadow Road 10.9.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10.9.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell lake Road 10.8.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.8.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Summers Meadow Road 10.9.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.8.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell lake Road 10.8.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Convict Lake 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Convict Lake 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit (South Side) 10.2.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Convict Lake 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Summers Meadow Road 10.2.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Silver Lake 10.4.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 10.2.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sonora Pass 10.2.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Meadows Road 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Meadows Road 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Grant Lake 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: June Lake Loop 10.4.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Road 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Road 10.3.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Big Virginia Lakes 10.2.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes Road 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sonora Pass 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit 9.26.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9.19.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9.19.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9.19.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Johnny Meadow 9.20.17 - Photo by Alicia Vennos Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.20.17 - Photo by Alicia Vennos Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.20.17 - Photo by Alicia Vennos Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes 9.19.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lobdell Lake Road 9.19.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek lake 9.19.17 - Photo by Alicia Vennos Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sagehen Summit 9.25.17 - Photo by Jeff Simpson Mono County Tourism
2016 Fall Colors
Pictures from the 2016 Fall Color Season

Pictured above: US 395 in Topaz on October 24, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Topaz Lake on October 24, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Antelope Valley on October 24, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Coleville on October 24, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit on October 18, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lundy Lake on October 15, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Twin Lakes (Bridgeport) on October 18, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Fall Colors along the June Lake Loop on October 18, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Summers Meadow on October 18, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit on October 14, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Conway Summit on October 15, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Horse Creek Trail from Twin Lakes, Bridgeport on October 10, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Silver Lake on October 15, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: June Lake Loop October 10, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Little Walker Lake on October 10, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Twin Lakes Bridgeport on October 9, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Along the road to Lobdell Lake on October 1, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Along the road to Lobdell Lake - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Little Walker RIver Road on September 29, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Lundy Canyon falls and fall colors

Pictured above: Little Walker River Road on September 29, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: First snow at Rodriguez Flat on October 3, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Summers Meadow Road on October 4, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Along the road to Lobdell Lake on September 26, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Along the road to Lobdell Lake on September 26, 2017 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Dunderberg Meadows Road on September 26, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Looking towards Virginia Lakes Road on September 26, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Road on September 26, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake on September 26, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake on September 26, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sage Hen Summit on September 20, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Sage Hen Summit on September 20, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes Road on September 19, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes Road on September 19, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Dunderberg Meadow Road on 9.19.16 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Aurora Canyon on September 16, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Hilton Creek Trail on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Greg Newbry

Pictured above: Hilton Creek Trail on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Greg Newbry

Pictured above: Hilton Creek Trail on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Greg Newbry

Pictured above: Hilton Creek Trail on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Greg Newbry

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Parker Lake on September 10, 2016 - Photo by Mono County Tourism

Pictured above: Rock Creek on August 31, 2016 - Photo by @_Josh_Wray with @visitmammoth

Pictured above: Rock Creek on August 31, 2016 - Photo by @_Josh_Wray with @visitmammoth

Pictured above: Rock Creek on August 31, 2016 - Photo by @_Josh_Wray with @visitmammoth
2015 Fall Colors
Pictures from the 2015 Fall Season

Pictured above: Virginia Lakes Road

Pictured above: Fall Colors in Winter

Pictured above: Fall Colors in Winter

Pictured above: Fall Colors in Winter

Pictured above: Fall Colors in Winter

Pictured above: Fishing in Fall

Pictured above: Fall on the Lake

Pictured above: Fall on the Creek

Pictured above: June Lake Loop

Pictured above: Rainbow in Fall

Pictured above: Rock Creek Lake Reflections

Pictured above: Sage Hen Summit Rd.
