Colorado State Forest Service entomologist Dan West says the first reports of yellowing aspen leaves started in mid-August. By late last week, as sightings of possible fall foliage continued across ...

Colorado’s fall colors in the state’s mountains are emerging a couple of weeks early in 2025 as yellows and oranges are beginning to appear ahead of the annual September change over. At locations like ...

Tree health, drought, daylight, rainfall, elevation, heat, and wind can all play a role in when fall colors hit their peak. This year, the Colorado Rocky Mountains are expected to reach full color in ...

Aspen leaves along the Peak to Peak Highway are approaching their peak. ABOVE: Near the highway, golden aspens reach for the sky on Friday. BELOW: A pair of aspen trees stand in contrast to dark ...

GEORGETOWN, Colo. — It’s really starting to look like fall in the Rocky Mountains with fresh snow on some of the peaks and with the aspen leaves starting to change. Those leaves may be reaching peak ...

If you have noticed splashes of gold in the mountains, you aren't imagining things. Aspen trees are beginning to change color weeks before the normal arrival. While it may look like fall has arrived ...

GRAND COUNTY (KDVR) – On Outdoor Colorado, the stories we bring you just don’t grow on trees. OK, well, maybe sometimes they do. And when they do, it’s downright breathtaking. “The leaf peeping is ...