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Hi Green45: We observed a lot of these conditions in certain areas, while in others, the color was spectacular. I think Tim's post from the State Forest Commissioner on another thread here helps explain that. He notes warm weather, but also insect and other damage to the trees, which seems to have been persistent, but fortunately not widespread. What I love about Vermont is that usually you can drive and find color somewhere,Green45 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:59 pmHi,
I'm new to the forum and just returned home from a trip to Vermont visiting my daughter, son-in-law and grandson. We were in the Waitsfield/Mt Ellen area from Sept 20 to Oct 5 and then in Huntington until Oct 9. The color around Mt Ellen on Oct 5 was pretty good and in Huntington it was about 50%. The colors in Huntington were not as good as last year. Last year there were a lot of reds, yellows, and oranges, and this year there was a lot of rust color. The yellows didn't get very yellow and browned and fell quickly. I also noticed a lot of rust color around Mt Ellen. Maybe it was the light as we didn't have many sunny days when we were in that area.
The drive on route 17 from Mt Ellen through App Gap to Gore Rd was great for color. It should be peak or past peak now. We also drove on some back roads around Lincoln, and that area was about 50% then and probably near peak now.
