Mother Nature decided fall has arrived in Utah and the West. The season means a different weather pattern, lower temperature and an autumn makover.
Deseret News photojournalists Laura Seitza and Scott G Winterton captured a variety of colorful landscapes in northern Utah to share.
People walk the boardwalk around Silver Lake in Brighton on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
People enjoy the fall colors at Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
Aspen trees glow among pine trees in Empire Pass in Park City on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
Aspen trees glow in Empire Pass in Park City on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
People walk the boardwalk around Silver Lake in Brighton on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
Hikers and mountain bikers recreate in Empire Pass in Park City on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
Children run along the boardwalk around Silver Lake in Brighton on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
Aspen trees glow among pine trees in Empire Pass in Park City on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News 
Fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
Fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
Fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
Fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
Fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
A cyclist rides past the fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
A Snowbird tram moves down, surrounded by fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
Fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
Fall colors in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News 
