Early color appearing in trees around Killington

Early color appearing in trees around Killington

Finally the wet weather pattern has moved out. Weather around Killington over the last week has been very nice, although a little cool in the evenings.

The change to cool weather is but one sign that the seasons are getting ready to change at Killington. All through the mountains, while the predominate color of the leaves on the trees is still green, many trees have started their annual display of fall colors.

The tree in todays picture was taken this afternoon during one of our walks along back roads from the inn. More than a few trees are starting to show similar colors throughout the mountain. While I can not say with any precision that the season this year is early, I did check back to prior years on the blog. The first mention of leaves changing color last year was August 28. By coincidence, August 28 was the first mention of color also in 2006. So it would appear that, at least unscientifically, the change in seasons is running about a week ahead of the last 2 years at Killington.

It is way to early to tell about the quality or duration of this years fall foliage season in Vermont. Over the next week, I will begin providing a daily picture of the inn as a "Fall Foliage Cam", to document the annal pageant that is Autumn in the Green Mountains.

Until then, of course, keep it in the fairway...and don't forget your sunscreen!