Mount Timpanogos: 11,750 feet.
The second highest peak in the Wasatch.
We started from Aspen Grove.
It took us 4.5 hours to reach the summit and 3 hours to get
back down.
The Timpanogos shelter by Emerald Lake is about 80% of the
way up.
The most difficult sections are the beginning before the waterfalls,
and the glacier after Emerald Lake.
To effectively climb the glacier, a strong stick or ice axe
is very helpful.
You don't have to go up the glacier you can continue west.
From the top, we saw a small herd of mountain goats.
On the way down, we saw 18 people going up after dark
to camp in solitude at the shelter near Emerald Lake.
Limestone terraces in the lower Primrose Cirque
(after the second waterfall).
The same limestone terraces as in the picture above.
Looking east towards Sundance.
Robert's Horn from the west.
Along the base of Robert's Horn, nearing the first pass.
Along Robert's Horn
Looking east toward Deer Creek Reservoir.
Robert's Horn from the south
From Emerald Lake looking southeast.
This shelter was used for community hikes between 1959 -1970.
One year, over 1,000 people reached the summit in one day.
My dad was one of them.
The fireplace has been cemented closed, here is the plaque above it.
Looking east from inside the shelter.
Everything was vandalized, and the windows were broken.
Emerald Lake from the south.
Scrambling to the top across the loose ground.
The darker layer of snow is a thick blanket of dirt-filled ice,
and is old, much like a glacier.
But, it is probably only about 10 -16 feet deep.
So it is probably not causing much glacial scaring.
It could quite possibly be the last remains of an ancient glacier
maybe as far back as the Quaternary Period (1.6 million years ago)
Almost to the top of the glacial remains.
A view of the Wasatch, the ridgeline peaks are:
Thunder , Box Elder (in the foreground), unnamed, Pfeifferhorn,
Broads Twin Peaks, Sunrise, Dromedary White Baldy, and Red Baldy.
The tiny point at the end of the ridge is the
Timpanogos Triangulation Station. Can you see the trail?
Looking northeast to the Timpanogos Triangulation Station.
Looking east toward South Timpanogos 11,722
Looking down to Emerald Lake from the summit.
On top of Timpanogos looking northwest to Lone Peak.
Robert's Horn from the summit.
Mount Nebo - the only other peak in the Wasatch
that's taller than Mount Timpanogos.
Dance floor near the summit.
- As seen in the hiking book "Hiking Utah" (minus the 1920's
people).
behind is South Timpanogos 11,722'.
Heading down.
Jared and Denyse
Nearing the saddle back to Emerald Lake.
Cascade Peak, Provo Peak, Santaquinn and Mount Nebo.
Squaw Mountain Road below Cascade Peak
Utah Lake
West
Southwest - Utah Lake
South - Santaquinn and Mount Nebo
Southeast - Spanish Fork
Looking north from the saddle..
Going down the ice.
An old goat carcass.
Cottonwood Ridge and Alpine Ridge.
Lone Peak, Thunder, Box Elder, Subpfieff, Pfiefferhorn,
Broads Fork Twin Peaks, Sunrise, Dromedary,
and White Baldy.
Alpine Ridge:White Baldy, Red Baldy, Monte Cristo (Cottonwood Ridge)
American Fork Twin Peaks, Mount Baldy, and The Sugarloaf.
Special thanks to Denyse and Jared.
Message Board
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CITY
DATE
steven
salt lake
2008-01-16
Sherrie Hansen
SanAngelo,Tx
2007-09-01
Out standing pics. really makes me Home sick in deed. Grew up in Orem, spent from 66 to 93 in Sandy , Utah . No Place Like Home!!!! Again Outstanding !!
Debra
Norfolk, VA (now)
2007-04-21
Loved the Oquirrh storm. Thank you for taking the time to know the names of the mountains. We're not all hillbillies in Magna, but some people don't appreciate what's under their nose. I do remember seeing an old wrecked car in the trees in City Creek Canyon. That had to have killed someone (or two).
Ambir
Lakewood,CA
2007-03-03
I am originally from Utah and recently moved to CA. It's so flat and boring out here I really missed the mountains from back home. I came across your site looking for pictures to help ease my home sickness. These really helped me. Thank you very much for your time and dedication to taking these beautiful pictures!
Ambir
Tom Copeland
South Jordan, UT
2006-08-10
Great pictures! Your website is very impressive and easy to use. Thanks for making these available.
Melissa
Utah
2006-04-02
WOW!
These pictures are Amazing! I found this website...looking for pictures that would show the Beauty of this State to other's who have never been here.. .and let me tell you..they Loved it! You've done a wonderful job here. Thanks and the pictures are Breathtaking!
martin
ARGENTINA
2006-02-20
I WISH I CAN BE THEARE AGAING ONE DAY. I LOVE UTAH
Jeanne
Illinois
2006-02-10
Planning a vacation in Utah,Spring 2006, I am saving your site as your pictures are awesome! What a beautiful State! Great photography! This really helps us to plan our trip. Jeanne
KBett
Salt Lake City
2005-01-20
Fabulous pictures on this Web site! Kudos to the photographers and to those who made the climb.
Mark Cox
West Valley City, Utah
2004-09-22
Nice photos of Mount Timpanogos. I did this hike last Friday (Sept. 17) from the Timpooneke side. Nice hike, but quite windy from saddle to the summit. Forgot to bring my camera this time, but have photos from previous hikes here.
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