Mineral King’s Nature Trail

If you read my posts last week, you saw the variety of fall color in Mineral King from year to year. This week I will show you all 2025, mid-October. Not much chit-chat, just some photos. Today is a walk up the Nature Trail, which originates at the upper end of Cold Springs campground.

The trees weren’t all brilliant yellow, but it was a brilliant clear sunny afternoon.

I don’t know what this shrub/tree is nor if the berries are edible. This is the only place I’ve ever noticed this in Mineral King. This just in: Greene’s Mountain Ash—THANK YOU, GC AND PICTURETHIS!

Happy Birthday, JC! (I’m still older than you.)

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8 Comments

  1. Oh my goodness, how beautiful! What gorgeous fall colors.

    • Michelle, it is a flash in the pan, disappearing with a single storm. We were there in exactly the right set of days because a storm came the day we left and knocked it all to the ground.

  2. One of my favorite trails. A few reds in there!! love this !

    • Sally, those reds are eye-candy for sure!

  3. What an incredible blessing not to have to worry about wildfires this fall, and how close they are to our community!

    • Until 2020, we never thought about wildfires. Now it is a tremendous relief when we have a year without one.

  4. Wow, some wonderful fall colors in your collection! And do you know what else I noticed (besides my love, Iron Falls)? The beautiful blue sky!

    • Sharon, the sky was incredibly blue! Stunningly blue!


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