Fall Colors Sierra Nevada Mountains - pictures, video and information.
Fall foliage in the California Eastern Sierra usually peaks late September through October, depending on the year and depending on the elevation. Higher elevations have peak fall colors earlier and lower elevations have peak fall colors later.
Scroll down this page to see pictures with location names and video of fall colors from my fall trips to the Sierras.
FALL LEAF REPORT 10-11-2025
June Lake Loop -- Leaf Color Transition: 50% - GO SOON
Convict Lake -- Leaf Color Transition: 50-75% - GO SOON
McGee Creek Canyon -- Leaf Color Transition: 75% - GO NOW!
Hilton Creek & Crowley Lake -- Leaf Color Transition: 25%
Bishop Creek & Inyo County Millpond Recreation Area -- Leaf Color Transition: 5-15%
Cardinal Village & Aspendell -- Leaf Color Transition: 50-75% - GO SOON
Lake Sabrina Road & Middle Fork Bishop Creek -- Leaf Color Transition: 100%-Past Peak - GO NOW!
North Lake -- Leaf Color Transition: 100% - GO NOW!
Some higher elevation spots are past the peak -- the winter storm arriving Monday evening 10/13/2025 may speed up leaf change and/or blow some leaves off of trees.
NOTE: Some of this information is from the website by Dawn Marie - flyingdawnmarie.com -- some information is from the National Weather service
Update 10/01/2025 -Video of places to see fall colors in the Sierra Nevada Mountains -This new video I have created shows you some of the best places I have found in the Sierras to see fall color - it includes the location names. The video includes shots taken between September 30 - October 8 in 2024 and between October 16 and October 25 in 2023:
Video with original music from fall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains 2023:
Update 10/16/2024 - video and pictures from 2024 that I took 9/30/24 through 10/8/24. We were in the Sierra Nevada Mountains a few weeks earlier than 2023 so the fall colors were at higher elevations than the prior year.
Here is another edit with some different shots of my fall colors videos from the Sierras
Here is a combined video edit with video from multiple years and the place names in the video and description. This video can help you decide where you should travel:
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