Eastern Sierra Fall Colors Photos
Photos of fall colors in Convict Lake, McGee Creek, Bishop Pass, Lake Sabrina, Dunderberg Creek and the Bishop Tuff.
by Lee Reeder
Fall has definitely arrived at Rock Creek Lake high in the eastern Sierra between Bishop Pass and Convict Lake.
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Late afternoon highlights up McGee Creek. Those mini-glaciers that never melted this year look like waterfalls.
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Lake Sabrina at about 9,000 feet in the Bishop Pass.
The road down Dunderberg Peak, northwest of Mono Lake.
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Kelli, as always, trying to dodge the camera at Lake Sabrina. She's a trouper, hanging with me
and letting me drag her all over the Eastern Sierra.
Aspens in the gathering storm.
We got up at abot 5 a.m. Sunday in Bishop then drove to Convict Lake for the sunrise, which caught Laurel Mountain and highlighted the oldest exposed rocks in the Eastern Sierra, millions of years old. Right after I took this photograph we watched a sustained 50-mph wind move across the water toward us from the far shore, so we had about two minutes warning to take cover. It was very exciting to watch.
Another shot of fall colors in McGee Creek headwaters in the High Sierra.
It was challenging to wait for the play of the light going in and out of the clouds.
Storm gathers above Dunderberg Peak on Monday.
Aspen colors along Dunderberg Creek with Kavanaugh Ridge in the background.
Aspen colors in Bishop Creek with the High Sierra in the Bishop Pass as a backdrop.
If you are a geology geek like me, you will recognize that long white line of cliffs just below the middle of this photo as the edge of the Bishop Tuff, a massive lava flow that occurred about 760,000 years ago when a massive volcanic eruption formed the Long Valley Caldera, where I spent this day. The White Mountains, rising as high as the Sierra, are in the distance.