Vine maple is one of the earliest plants to show autumn colors … but there is tremendous variation between individuals. Some are showing colors in mid-summer and others are still showing bright colors in mid to late October.
Vine Maple Colors
N Fork Skokomish Autumn
Usually autumn colors in a photo push heavily towards processing in color. I played around with this one with converting to black and white … and emphasizing the yellows and oranges by increasing the highlighting. This was taken along the North Fork Skokomish River trail about 1.5 miles above Staircase Campground in the Olympic National Park. The large trees are Big Leaf Maples, the rest a mixture of alders, willows and other.
Dosewallips Road/Trail
The Dosewallips Road access to Olympic National Park has been washed out for close to 20 years now … they are still planning on re-routing the access road into the Dosewallips Flats area. Sometime. In the meantime, it’s a great hike, early spring through late autumn. This was October 7th. We hiked in 2.5 miles and back out. The dog was tired. Dog Tired.
Fall Colors
Here are some fall colors for you. The colors come early up in the Olympics where you can get early cold temperatures. This is the North Fork Skokomish River valley … about 1.5 miles up the trail from the Staircase Ranger Station in the southeast corner of the park.
Mists in the Mountains and Forests
These views are from the North Fork Skokomish river valley … which is located in the Southeast corner of the Olympic National Park.
