Leaf peeping in Colorado: What to expect and where to visit in the fall of 2023

With about three and a half weeks left of summer, Denver7's Mike Nelson explains what to expect for fall foliage this year.

DENVER — With about three and a half weeks left of summer, fall foliage will soon attract both residents and visitors to hundreds of beloved places around Colorado.

Altitude is important mostly in the variation of nighttime temperatures. Plants tell time, it is believed, by a combination of temperature and daylength. Usually the first signs of aspen gold begin in mid to late August over the higher forests of central and northern Colorado. By the second and third week of September, many aspen groves are well worth a day's drive. Usually the peak time to view aspen is around the last weekend of September. After that, early snows will knock down the leaves and others drop away by themselves.

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