Fall & Winter Descend
The Rubies in August (with my son getting ready for his fall archery hunt).
Sept. 23, 2013 – the top of the canyons are brushed with yellow patches as the leaves begin to change color.
October 7, 2013 – Two weeks later, the trees have almost completely changed their colors.
October 10, 2013 – the first dusting of snow on the peaks. Ruby Dome, to the right of the pyramid peak, is the tallest point in the mountain range with an elevation of 11,388.
October 15, 2013 – The leaves are dropping and the mountain tops are whiter.
October 19, 2013
Oct. 29 – Winter arrives. We woke to heavy wet snow.
Oct. 29 – The weather here can make a person crazy. Blizzard at 7:00 am…beautiful sun shining on the snowy mountains at 5:05 pm of the same day.
Oct. 29 – the same day, 20 min. later, clouds are moving in again across the mountains. Winter is here, and the leaves are gone.
Happy Halloween!
Cool pictures!
Thanks!
Happy Nevada Day !!!….. It is going to be 77 degrees here in San Luis Obispo, CA…. but I do love the fall and winter of our Sierra Nevada’s……. Great Picture Amy !!!
Happy Nevada Day to you too! I wish it was going to be 77 here – we FROZE yesterday at H’s soccer game. We’re playing Lowry today, and I don’t think it will be any warmer.
Fall is my favorite season. Love seeing the leaf color progression … glad you recorded it. Thanks for sharing!
I’m not sure which season is my favorite, other than I know its not winter! Fall is lovely though. It was kind of fun to record the leaves changing. I watch it every year, but it sort of surprised me how fast it happened.
Here in South Texas, I can’t imagine a blizzard at Halloween. Beautiful pictures… BRRRR
Haha! Some of my strongest memories of Halloween are being so upset because we had to cover our great costumes with giant winter jackets to go trick or treating. We, of course, never wanted to wear coats and our parents always made us.
Wow, I love how all the colours change on the range and then the shock of all white! Stay warm.
Me too! The mountains are so beautiful. I look at them every day and sometimes I think I take that view for granted. It was fun to stop and pay attention to them as I took these shots when I got home from work in the afternoons.