Fall Leaves around Denver (Lakewood, Boulder: neighborhoods, to relocate, land)

[Jabrant]

I was wondering when the leaves start changing colors in the Denver area. Also when do they start to lose their leaves? I am going to Denver mid Oct. and was wondering what kind of foliage there will be.
Thanks . . .

[2bindenver]

Depends on the weather...from mid September to the beginning of November.

[Fuzz]

Fall moves with elevation. Usually the leaves start turning at the higher elevations around middle of September, followed a few weeks later in the Denver area.

The main color will be from aspens. If you're never seen the almost-neon golden aspens on a mountain-side against a deep blue sky, it is truly a sight to behold.

If you're lucky, you can sometimes see aspen leaves which turn red.

Some good places to see fall colors without driving too far out of Denver is in Bear Creek Park (in Lakewood, near C-470 and US-285), at one of the many Open Space Parks along Bear Creek Canyon, e.g. Lair O' The Bear (Highway 8 past Morrison), or in Golden Gate Canyon State Park (west of Golden). I'm sure there are others, but these are just the ones that come to mind right now.

[Katarina Witt]

Agree with what has already been posted. Would like to add: there are not many trees in the open land around Denver. You have to go into the mtns to see that. The trees in Denver and the 'burbs change around late Sept, if it doesn't snow in Sept. When it snows when the leaves are still on the trees, the leaves just turn black and fall off eventually. The older neighborhoods of Denver and Boulder have some attractive fall foliage.

[Jabrant]

Thank you all for the replies. I'll be trying to convince my girlfriend to relocate there and was thinking that the changing leaves could help me out
:-) I don't think that I'll need the extra help -- it's hard to imagine her not liking it there.