hey, did anyone else notice? . . .

[mountain squid]

. . . . Fall has arrived. It sure is nice to have some 'cooler' temps. Is there any leaf color out there yet? Here in NE TN everything is still green.

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[4Bears]

Things are just barely starting to turn here in northern Indiana.

[hikerboy57]

was just up to bear mtn last week, still green.the predominant color the past week has been grey.

[mountain squid]

wow, what happened to Brady today?!?

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[10-K]

I was up at Indian Grave Gap yesterday and was really surprised to see fall colors starting already. Down in the valley leaves are falling but they're mainly the ones that were scorched by the heat.

[Migrating Bird]

Here in Western MA, the leaves are really starting to show some color, should peak within the next week or two. Too warm, 78 today the skeeters are as bad a I can ever remember, we need cooler temps.

[charlieo]

yes, went to stratton mt. fire tower in VT. today lots of color

[JenHikes]

Was up on the AT near Guyot this weekend and the leaves had a slight hint of turning at that high elevation. Some guy at Peck's last night said he figured they all would have changed by now *eyeroll*. I told him he was about a month early and he was shocked, ha! I asked him when they change at his house (in Virginia) and he said mid to late October. I hope he got the hint

[Slo-go'en]

Colors are starting to look good up here in the Whites. A week ago they were just thinking about it. Been kinda too warm to make them briliant. Need a good heavy frost to do that. I just got back from a 70 mile "rail to trail" hike real close to the coast of Maine the other day and the colors at the coast, "down east", weren't nearly as far along as here in the mountains.

[Blissful]

Some color up in SNP yesterday. Had all day rain today, good for fall color later.

[Chaco Taco]

The maples are very nice up here. The rest is starting to turn. The next 3 weeks should be nice!

[Hooch]

Headed on the trail this weekend between Carver's Gap and Erwin, will try to report back when I return.

[mountain squid]

We'll be on Roan on Wed getting ready for Saturday's maintenance outing. I'm interested to see if there is any color up there yet as well.

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mt squid

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[DavidNH]

here in New England leaves are just starting to change color. Still early. Weather of late has been more like August than September.

[dillard]

The color is just starting to change in VA. Here is a pic from 2 weeks ago around Dragon's Tooth of my hiking partner "Mending" with some fall color behind her.

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[yappy]

Thy leaves r gone here snowg in mnts ..wintr loomg

[mountain squid]

It felt kinda like Fall today . . . cooler, breezy . . . . still not much color but the leaves are falling. Looks like this weekend is gonna be in the 50s/60s. Even heard on the radio might get some flurries in the higher elevations . . . probably Roan where we will be doing maintenance on Sat . . . . brrrr

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[Mr. Toad]

You guys are killing me. It's still hot here in Fla. Too damn hot.

[Buffalo Skipper]

In NW Florida fall is literally around the corner. Tomorrow's high is still expected to be 88°, but by tomorrow night it wiull be down in the lower 50s and upper 40s Saturday and Sunday nights.

I will be out camping with the scouts this weekend and setting up the hammock. It's not backpacking, but it is still better to be in the outdoors than stuck in.

We don't get much color change here, as most all our trees are evergreens. Even our magnolias and live oaks are evergreens and keep live green leaves throughout the winter.

[mountain squid]

. . . . Fall has arrived.

uhhh, yeah . . . Fall?!?! . . . . . who said Fall has arrived?

Yesterday on Roan:






It was about 25F on Roan Mountain. I shudder to think how cold it was with the wind chill factored in. It was cold and snowy but we still managed to dig some new trail with ASU Trail Crew. Thanks for the help!

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mt squid

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