Circle Sept. 20 on your calendar for peak fall colors in Colorado mountains
News Source : The Denver Post
News Summary
- Dan West, an entomologist for the Colorado State Forest Service, believes leaf peepers may be disappointed this year.
- West expects colors in the central mountains — Summit County, Eagle County and the Interstate 70 corridor — to peak the weekend of Sept. 27-28.
- West believes it might be a good year to consider checking out fall colors on the eastern plains and in riparian areas east of Interstate 25.
- Large swaths of eastern Colorado have evaded the drought plaguing most of the state west of 25.
Fall colors probably will peak in the northern mountains the weekend of Sept. 20, and this years show likely will pale in comparison to the past two years, according to forest expert Dan West.West [+3889 chars]
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