Peak fall color season in Utah is almost here, and it could be a better-than-usual season for “leaf-peepers.”
That’s because one of the greatest impacts to how vibrant fall colors will be is “good moisture,” and this year, the state saw a significant snowpack, followed by “good spring rains,” Katie Wagner, an associate professor of horticulture with Utah State University, said.
Although July was largely hot and dry, “we had some really good monsoonal rains that came through in August,” Wagner added. The other key ingredients for bright swaths of red, orange and yellow leaves across the Wasatch Range are sunny days and cool, temperate nights — which most of Utah has been getting in recent weeks. Fall foliage near Midway, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.
Utah’s fall colors vary year to year, but generally, the best time to see them in northern Utah is from the end of September through early October. Peak time is typically considered Oct. 9.That matches current predictions from, which tracks fall foliage for travelers across the country. It also matches general outlines from the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City office.
“It’s always going to be a little bit later in southern Utah, which is nice,” Wagner said “So if people are interested in looking for color over multiple weekends, they may want to be hanging out in these northern Utah areas now, and then heading to southern Utah in a few weeks.”So-called “leaf-peepers” will also want to specifically head for higher elevations, because some of the state’s native alpine plants are our best fall-color producers, Wagner said.
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