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Get ready: Fall color is on its way

The High Country is preparing for fall, a season marked by increased visitors and changing foliage that draws significant tourism to the region.

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Peak leaf season brings the crowds and the color both, and the whole region shifts into overdrive for the next two months. Hotels fill up, the roads get slower, and the mountains do what they do every fall. If you work here, plan accordingly. If you live here, make the time to drive the back roads before everybody else does.

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