10/08/2024

Southern Inyo County

• • Lone Pine (3,727′) – Patchy (10-50%)
  • Alabama Hills (4,534′) – Patchy (10-50%)
  • Whitney Portal (8,375′) – No report.

• Mt Whitney Trail (8,360′ to 14,505”) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Independence (3,930′) -Patchy (10-50%)
• Onion Valley (9,600′) – No report.
• Big Pine Creek (7,660′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!)
• Big Pine (3,989′) – Patchy (10-50%)

Bishop Creek Canyon

If you are hoping to see colors in Bishop Creek Canyon then GO NOW!! Colors are changing very quickly up there. There are mixed stands of green aspen with vibrant yellow stands near the Mist Falls (across from Bishop Creek Lodge) and Mountain Glen Campground. Four Jeffrey Campground has somehow peaked and yet still has lots of greens. Anything higher than Mountain Glen is past peak. 

South Fork, Bishop Creek

• South Lake (9,768′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Weir Pond (9,650′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Parcher’s Resort (9,260′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Willow Campground (9,000′) –Past peak, you missed it. 
• Surveyor’s Meadow (8,975′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Table Mountain Camp (8,900′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Mountain Glen Camp (8,850′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!)
• Mist Falls and the Groves Above Bishop Creek Lodge (8,350′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!) 
• Four Jeffries (8,000′) – Patchy (10-50%)

Middle Fork, Bishop Creek

• Lake Sabrina (9,150′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Sabrina Approach (9,100′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Sabrina Campground (9,000′) – Past peak, you missed it.
• Groves Above Cardinal Village (8,550′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!)
• Intake II (8,000′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!) 
• Big Trees Campground (7,800′) – Patchy (10-50%)

Bishop

• Bishop (4,150′) – Patchy (10-50%) Yellows in the upper parts of the cottonwoods. 
• Buckley Ponds (4,150′) – Patchy (10-50%)
• Rawson Ponds (4,150′) – Patchy (10-50%)
• Owens Valley (4,000′) – Patchy (10-50%) 

Northern Inyo County
Pine Creek still has a ways to go. The aspen at the top of the canyon, near the pack station are turning, but the cottonwoods throughout the canyon are still mostly green, with more yellows than last week.  

• Lower Rock Creek Rd (7,087′) – No report
• Round Valley (4,692′) – Patchy (10-50%)
• Lower Pine Creek Canyon (7,000′) – Patchy (10-50%)
• Pine Creek Pack Station (7,.400′) – 50-75% – Near Peak (Go Now!) (The aspen are turning now, but the cottonwoods and other trees up there are still mostly green.)

The Bishop area is one of those places where fall colors spread over a couple of months as they start up at the upper elevations (above 10,000’) and move down into the Owens Valley (roughly 4,000’). We have predominantly aspen trees in the high country and in the valley lots of cottonwoods and silver maples. Please visit our fall colors page for more information about where to see the fall colors around here. Pick your path!