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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 Colors in Mono County

Fall Colors in Mono County

CURRENT FALL COLOR REPORT

Updated November 1, 2017 - Pictures below report 

Mono County is officially past peak! See you next year. 

Missed the fall colors this year? Plan your 2018 Eastern Sierra trip for the least week in September through the first three weeks of October. Follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/VisitEasternSierra and Instagram.com/MonoCountyTourism for daily pictures and fall color conditions.

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
Lobdell Lake Road (8,600') – Past Peak
Walker Canyon (5,200')- Past Peak
Towns of Walker & Coleville - Past Peak
Sonora Pass (9,623')- 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 & Lee Vining Canyon (9,943') - 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
Parker Lake (8,000') - 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

2017 Fall Colors

Current pictures from the 2017 Fall Color Season

  • June Lake full fall color
  • Silver Lake with leaves
  • Silver Lake Boats
  • Lundy Lake Road leaves
  • Rush Creek and Grant Lake Area
  • Conway Summit 2017
  • June Lake 10.11.17
  • Silver Lake Fall Colors
  • June Lake Loop Fall Color
  • june lake loop colors
  • Twin Lakes lower view fall colors
  • fall color tree twin lakes bridgeport
  • summers meadow main shot
  • summers meadow fall color view
  • lower twin lakes fall colors
  • Lobdell Lake with Jesse
  • Lobdell lake road fall
  • Summers Meadow at peak
  • Lobdell Lake Road Fall Colors with Jess and James
  • Lobdell road fall colors
  • Convict Lake Fall Colors
  • Convict Lake Fall Color Fisherman
  • Conway Summit South Fall Colors
  • Convict Lake fisherman with Fall Color
  • Summers Meadow Road
  • Silver Lake fall colors 2017
  • Lobdell Lake Road Fall Colors
  • Sonora Pass Fall Colors
  • Sagehen Summit Fall Colors with mountain views
  • Sagehen Summit Dirt Road
  • Sagehen Summit Road with Leaves
  • Grant Lake Fall Colors
  • June Lake Loop Fall Colors
  • Rock Creek Lake Fall Colors
  • Rock Creek Road Fall Colors with Car
  • Rock Creek Road Fall Colors
  • Virginia Lakes Fall Color
  • Sagehen Summit 2017
  • Sagehen Summit Fall 2017
  • Sagehen Summit Fall Colors 2017
  • Lone tree at Sagehen Summit
  • Sagehen Summit Road
  • Virginia Lakes 9.25.17
  • Sonora Pass Fall Colors 2017
  • Conway Summit Fall 2017
  • Lobdell Lake Road 9.25.17
  • fall color leaf
  • Fall Color Leaf at Virginia Lakes
  • leaves on the ground fall colors
  • Johnny Meadow 2017
  • Sagehen Summit 2017
  • Sagehen Summit Fall 2017
  • Virginia Lakes Fisherman
  • Lobdell Lake 2017
  • Rock Creek Lake Fall 2017
  • Sagehen Summit 2 trees 2017

2016 Fall Colors

Current pictures from the 2016 Fall Color Season

  • US 395 in topaz fall colors
  • Topaz Lake Fall Colors
  • Fall Colors in Walker
  • Fall Colors in Coleville on US 395
  • Conway Summit snow and Fall Colors
  • Lundy Lake Fall Colors
  • Twin Lakes Bridgeport Fall Colors 10/18/16
  • Carson Peak Fall Colors
  • Summers Meadow with snow
  • Conway Summit Fall Color
  • Conway Summit Fall Color Rainbow
  • Horse Creek Trail from Twin Lakes, Bridgeport on October 10, 2016 Fall Colors
  • Silver Lake Sun Burst
  • June Lake Loop October 10, 2016 Fall Colors
  • Little Walker Lake 10/10/16 Fall Colors
  • Twin Lakes Bridgeport 10/9/16 Fall Colors
  • Lobdell Lake Fall Colors
  • Lobdell Lake Road Fall Colors
  • Little Walker River Road
  • Lundy Fall Fall Color
  • Little Walker River Road
  • rodriguez flat
  • Summers Meadow Road Fall Colors
  • Lobdell Lake Fall Colors
  • Lobdell lake road fall colors
  • Dunderberg Meadows Road Fall Colors
  • Virginia Lakes Road Fall Colors
  • Rock Creek Road Fall Colors
  • Rock Creek Lake Fall Color
  • Rock Creek Lake Fall Colors
  • Sage Hen Meadows Road Fall Colors
  • Sage Hen Summit 2 Fall Colors
  • Virginia lakes Road Fall Colors
  • Virginia Lakes Road Fall Colors
  • Dunderberg Meadow Road Fall Colors
  • Aurora Canyon Fall Colors
  • Hilton Creek Trail on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Greg Newbry
  • Hilton Creek Trail September 2016
  • Hilton Creek Trail on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Greg Newbry
  • Hilton Creek Trail on September 11, 2016 - Photo by Greg Newbry
  • Virginia Lakes 1 on 9.11.16
  • Virginia Lakes on 9.11.16
  • Parker Lake 9.10.16
  • Rock Creek Fall Colors 8.31.16
  • Rock Creek Fall Colors 8.31.16
  • Rock Creek Fall Colors 2016

Fall Colors

Photos from the 2015 Fall Season

  • Virginia Lakes Road
  • Fall Colors in Winter
  • Fall Colors in Winter
  • Fall Colors in Winter
  • Fall Colors in Winter
  • Fishing in Fall
  • Fall on the Lake
  • Fall on the Creek
  • June Lake Loop
  • Rainbow in Fall
  • Rock Creek Lake Reflections
  • Sage Hen Summit Rd.
  • Silver Lake Leafy Shore

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