Colorado’s Fall Colors Are Coming—and Leaf-Peepers Have a Lot to Be Excited About This Year

Fall colors as seen at Guanella Pass last September. Leaf-peeping season this year is expected to be good to great, with the peak in the northern mountains expected in mid-September. Hyoung Chang/ The Denver Post/TNS

By John Meyer From The Denver Post

DENVER—Having spent the past two months flying over all 24 million acres of Colorado’s forests to assess their health, one of the state’s leading forestry experts foresees a good-to-great year for fall foliage, with peak colors starting in mid-September.