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DENVER (KDVR) — Leaves are starting to change color across Colorado, which means leaf-peeping season is upon us.

Fall color will mostly be on time, with peak color arriving by mid-to-late September.

Within 1 hour of Denver:

Within 2 hours of Denver:

Within 3-4 hours of Denver:

A look at fall colors from Guanella Pass in the past:

  • Taken at Guanella Pass, please visit my website denverphotocompany.com for more images.
  • Taken in Guanella Pass
  • (Photo: Tanya Zutis – Guanella Pass)
  • aspen changing
  • This photo was taken in Guanella Pass on Sept. 25, 2015
  • Aspens are in full color right now on Boreas, Guanella, Kenosha, Shrine, Vail, Weston and Tennessee Passes. Tom Frickell, Aurora
  • Dan Hammock
  • Weekend drive thru Boreas Pass and Guanella Pass along with Kenosha Pass. Steve Gonzales
  • Weekend drive thru Boreas Pass and Guanella Pass along with Kenosha Pass. Steve Gonzales
  • Weekend drive thru Boreas Pass and Guanella Pass along with Kenosha Pass. Steve Gonzales
  • Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
    Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
  • Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
    Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
  • Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
    Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
  • Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
    Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
  • Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
    Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
  • Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
    Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
  • Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)
    Fall colors along Guanella Pass Road on Sept. 16, 2012. (David Harpe)

Fall colors from Vail taken in the past:

  • Pati Palumbo, Vail, Colorado, along bike trail
  • A cloudy Sunday afternoon at Piney Lake near Vail, Colorado.
  • Ken Weber Photos taken Saturday, September 19, 2020 on Vail Pass at the Vail Pass Rest Stop.
  • Ken Weber Photos taken Saturday, September 19, 2020 on Vail Pass at the Vail Pass Rest Stop.
  • Fall Color in Vail. Credit Azad

Fall colors from Aspen and Steamboat taken in the past:

  • Jamie Rogers, Steamboat Lake State Park, fall color change with a bright blue sky
  • Historic Moore Barn in Steamboat Springs Colorado with mountain slopes filled with fall color on warm autumn afternoon
  • Gary M. Smillie, Yampa River near Steamboat Springs on Oct 3, 2018.
  • Steamboat Lake
  • Wayne Law – This photo was taken on McClure Pass right above the turnoff to Marble. This is one of our most favorite places to go to see fall colors and the mixture of the scrub oak and aspens provides a wide variety of colors.
  • Jamie Rogers, Alta Lakes, Beautiful golden Aspens this fall alond the drive up to Alta Lakes in Telluride.
  • Aspen trees
  • Fall Colors of 2014, Aspen Colorado.
  • Fall Colors of 2014, Aspen Colorado.
  • Hi, i took this picture of the solitary aspen leaf on the Argentine Trail in Silver Plume yesterday. 9/28/14.
  • Old cabin nestled in the fall Aspens
  • The fall Tree and then the Snow on the Evergreens outside of Aspen
  • Fall Colors at peak in Aspen Colorado
  • Fall Colors at peak in Aspen Colorado
  • Fall Colors at peak in Aspen Colorado
  • Fall Colors of 2014, Aspen Colorado.
  • Jamie Rogers (@captaincoloradophotography), Golden Aspens along a stroll in Snowmass Village, CO.
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  • Jamie Rogers (@captaincoloradophotography), Autumn road in Aspen, CO this fall.
  • Jamie Rogers (@captaincoloradophotography), smoky skies over the fall color and peaks found along Cast Creek Rd in Aspen.
  • Jeremy Janus, Maroon Bells: Aspen-Snowmass Wilderness, this is a shot of the Fall colors that I took on our hike through Maroon Bells yesterday