Going for Gold

We have not been in the west this late --- end of September. So some things are new to us.

One striking thing is the change of colors, particularly of the aspen. They go directly from green to gold then fade to brown. Unlike New England, not a lot of reds, oranges, etc to be seen, although there are a few maples here and there and they offer up additional color. But, for us, the aspen in gold was new.

So here is some shots of the gold.

This was on the hike back from Grandaddy

 A view from the "interesting" road down from Grandaddy Trailhead

Just great bands of yellow... here it looks like the change is occurring at higher (colder) elevations first

This sole guy appears to be a maple in a dense patch of dying pines (pine bark beetle?)  - a little out of focus - sorry

More gold sandwiched between live and dead pines.

At the top of Wolf Pass (9500')... appears to be moving from gold to bronze