Larches are only found in select pockets of the Cascades, such as high elevations in the Lake Chelan–Sawtooth Wilderness.
Forget decorative gourds. In the Pacific Northwest, it’s mother-effing larch season.
The western larch (otherwise known as the Larix occidentalis) and the alpine larch (Larix lyallii) kinda look like a pine tree—lots of needles bundled along thin branches. But they’re no evergreens; each autumn the needles turn bright yellow, then orange, before falling off. The color, set against sub-alpine landscapes, is sensational. Leaf peeping, New England? Lame. Here we go on larch marches.
Photos of the trees are Instagram gold, but it’s not easy to catch them at their prime. Here’s tips for
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