This has been a strange year for fall color. It seems that wherever I went I was too
early, or too late, or the color just never got very good. The one exception was St Charles Canyon, just
a few miles from home. I went there on a
cold, stormy day with Bruce Gregory and Stephen Johnson who were visiting from California.
The mountain maples were incredible. They had an amazing variety of colors ranging
from yellow to red. Most of the aspens
hadn’t changed yet, so there was some green in the mix as well.
Blue Pond Spring is one of the most beautiful spots in St
Charles Canyon, but moose have been known to chase people away from here. On this rainy day, I had the pond to myself
and enjoyed the willow reflections.
Some of the maples were
yellow, making nice substitutes for the still green aspens. They made a beautiful background for the white bark of this aspen.
The green aspen leaves contrasted with the brilliant maples, especially the red ones.
Raindrops looked great on incredibly red mountain maple
leaves.
As we left the canyon we stopped to photograph one last
scene where a line of maples climbed the canyon wall to the top. I think the wet stormy weather had a lot to
do with the amazing color, and St Charles Canyon was the best we saw this year.
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