Peak Color

Having lived in the Adirondacks of Hamilton County for +18 years, I've come to realize, if I didn't already know, the whole idea of "peak color" is a delusional idea.
The only way there could ever be peak color would be if all the trees were the same species.
Where I live, color starts in mid August with red maples. By early September, the sugar maples begin to change color.
The closest we come to what could be called peak color, if you insist on the idea, is during the time between the last week in September and the first week in October. But even then, peak color can be gone in a day or never even come if we get a good rain or wind storm - both of which are not an uncommon event.
Here it is, mid October, and over 90% of the leaves are down. But not to worry because now the beech and the few oak we have are deep orange. There are also some poplar and aspen still in their yellow colors. The beech never give up all their leaves until spring when new buds push the last off.
The tamarack or larch (your choice of name) are just beginning to turn yellow and will be golden by late this month.
So, although one could say there is never such a thing as peak color in the central Adirondacks, what is lost is gained in having color start in mid August and carry on in varying degrees until the first of November.
Oh, yes. And let us not forget the black, white and red spruce, and the white and red pines that give us green throughout the winter.