Spring trees updates, 2008

[Darren Kilgore]

Post any updates regarding the status of green leaves on aspen or cottonwoods (or any other tree/plant) here. A lot of people like to shoot those lime green, newly budded leaves, so that is the main scope of interest for this thread.

[Alex Saunders]

The Aspens are still just coming out on either side of Guanella pass.

The turf up by Bruno gulch is turning green, and boy are there a lot of Bluebirds out right now.

Things are a little further along in the Aspen Park - Conifer area.

[Brent Doerzman]

Not to much to report here, but can say the aspens along Hwy 160 from South Fork up to the tunnel at the bottom on Wolf Creek Pass are a beautiful
lime green! Drove up Park Creek county road to the Summitville/Elwood Pass "Y", and that whole are is still not even budding yet. By the way, the Elwood Pass road is still snowed under at the "Y".

[Mel Ladewig]

The oaks have finally leafed out at my home in Colorado Springs at 7000 feet. Everything else is pretty green now.

Just got back from vacation out of state so I don't have anything else to report.

[Chris Rice]

Was just admiring some friends' photos from a backpacking trip off the Durango-Silverton and the aspens are lime green through there but very SNOWY still!