Pre Fall Color...

[Amy Nelson]

Went for a evening hike at Erickson Springs off of Kebler Pass on Sunday. Starting to see a little change on the banks of the rivers, but not much any where else.

Looks like they're just waiting for snow.

Ragged Mountains

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the early colors along the stream banks. No aspens on the west side of the Cascades and I do miss them in the fall.

 

[Amy Nelson]

I like the early colors along the stream banks. No aspens on the west side of the Cascades and I do miss them in the fall.

They're sure beautiful in the fall with the different shades of yellow against their white trunks. What kind of trees do you have over there?

 

[AlanLichty]

They're sure beautiful in the fall with the different shades of yellow against their white trunks. What kind of trees do you have over there?

Highly familiar with the aspen and lived in the intermountain region for over 30 years before moving up to the NW. On the west side of the Cascades and over to the coastline we have predominantly cedar, various flavors of firs and spruce, alder, cottonwood, big leaf maple, vine maple, and tons of varieties of ferns. Alder trunks remind me a lot of aspen truck but the leaves sure don't - esp. in the fall. The leaves turn a sickly yellowish green and then immediately transition to dead and fall off. The maples are our biggest fall color show in the forest but you don't see large stands of the maples like aspen groves. We have a lot of broadleaf plants that aren't deciduous and stay green year round.