Spearfish Canyon colors close to peak - KOTA Territory News

Spearfish Canyon colors close to peak

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Canyon colors are at 95 percent overall, according to Spearfish Canyon color expert and author Jerry Boyer.
 
Boyer said colors have reached just 85 percent at the mouth of the canyon. 
 
"Peak may be difficult to call this year as the heat and dryness of the summer have accelerated early staging of many trees while others at lower elevations have not yet reached their burst," Boyer said.
 
Peak is when all deciduous trees are beyond the lime stage in the full burst of its yellow palette throughout the entire canyon.  So far, according to Boyer, many staging trees have endured the earlier blustery winds and the leaves are hanging on.
 
He predict a peak within a few days.
 
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