Photographer Inge Fernau seems to have become even more obsessed (in the most positive sense of the word!) than the rest of us with photographing eastern Sierra Nevada autumn colors. She has posted a narrative summary of this fall’s journey, along with a lot of interesting information gleaned from her visits to most of the great aspen color sites:

2007 Fall Color Summary Planning my trips to hunt for Fall Colors in the Eastern Sierra starts about 10 to 11 months prior to Fall. Sooooo I start planning in November for the next year.
After 5 years of coming on different days throughout September and October, I finally came to the conclusion that the best time to catch Fall Colors in the Eastern Sierra is the last week in September (~9/23) to about the second/third week in October (10/20). Cold spells, snow and high winds can change this drastically. I also must say that 2007 was not a banner year for the colors on the East side. In 2007 I logged over 4000 miles of travel.

– Magical Glow Photography [Journal of my travels for the perfect photo]

Follow her links to read more… much more.