Rocky Mountain Region

National Fall Color Report Web site

National Fall Color Hotline Report: 1 800-354-4595

The Rocky Mountain Region manages 17 national forests (NF) and 7 national grasslands (NG) throughout Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and most of South Dakota and Wyoming.

Throughout the Rocky Mountain Region, hints of things to come can be found in the high country. The careful viewer can spot signs of the impending color change. With favorable weather conditions, the color should begin to intensify during the next week or so. With luck from the weather, there could be good color into the second week of October, or past, in some areas.

This page will be updated weekly with reports from each of the national forests and grasslands in the Rocky Mountain Region. Get more information about each forest/grassland by clicking on the forest/grassland name below to be taken to their report page. Click on the link above for the National Fall Color Report Web site to see reports from other parts of the country that are entering their fall color season. To listen to the National Fall Color Hotline Report, click on the link above and follow the directions to hear an audio report of fall color conditions across the country.

Be prepared for variable driving conditions. Carry some water with you and bring extra clothing and rain-snow gear as temperatures can vary between 30-50 degrees depending on time of day and elevation.

- Click HERE for current information such as road conditions, fire restrictions, safety information, etc.

HUNTING SEASON HAS BEGUN IN SOME AREAS!
CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL RANGER DISTRICT OFFICE
FOR MORE INFORMATION!
BE AWARE AND BE VISIBLE WHILE VISITING
THE BACKCOUNTY!

Select a Forest below to view its report.

COLORADO

Arapaho-Roosevelt NFs and Pawnee NG: Located in north-central Colorado.

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre & Gunnison NFs: Located in the central and southern Rockies along the Western Slope of Colorado.

Pike-San Isabel NFs and Comanche NG: Located in central to southern Colorado.

Pike NF

San Isabel NF

Comanche NG

Rio Grande NF: Located in southwestern Colorado.

Routt NF: Located in north-central Colorado.

San Juan NF: Located in the southwestern corner of Colorado.

White River NF: Located in central Colorado.

KANSAS

Cimarron NG: Located in southwestern Kansas.

NEBRASKA

Nebraska NF, Samuel R. McKelvie NF and Oglala NG: Located in central and western Nebraska.

Nebraska NF

Samuel R. McKelvie NF

Oglala NG

SOUTH DAKOTA

Black Hills NF: Located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming.

Buffalo Gap NG: Located in central and western South Dakota.

Fort Pierre NG: Located in central South Dakota.

WYOMING

Bighorn NF: Located in north-central Wyoming along the Montana border.

Black Hills NF: Located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming.

Medicine Bow NF and Thunder Basin NG: Located in central Wyoming.

Medicine Bow NF

Thunder Basin NG

Shoshone NF: Located in western Wyoming.

U.S. Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region
740 Simms St
Golden, CO 80401
303-275-5350

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
303-275-5367