On Saturday we hiked up Mt. Timpanogos along with our good friends, Allie and Matt. Because the weather has been a little stormy lately, we started the hike at about 7:30 am. We hiked from Aspen Grove, and it started out really nice. The weather was perfect, which was a relief. We were a little worried that we were going to be caught in a thunderstorm. Roland had hiked Timp two other times before, but it was the first time for the rest of us. It was a beautiful hike. In some spots I felt like I was in a tropical rainforest. Other times you feel like it is winter, even thought it is August. It was just such a cool hike to go on. We got to see some exciting things as well. When we got to the top, there was a helicopter down near the glacial lake picking up a hiker that had broken a leg on the glacier. On the way back we ran into a herd mountain goats that got really close to us. We finished the hike around 4:30 pm, and although we are sore and sunburnt today, it was an awesome day!
Roland and I next to one of the first waterfalls
Allie and I
Matt, Allie and I on the rock fields
Mountain Goat
This was towards the end of the hike. It was really steep at the end, but I made it to the top!
Matt and Allie at some cool switch backs
The view from the top!
The glacier and some people hiking on it
Another view from the top
This was the helicopter that had to pick someone up. A hiker had broken their leg when they were hiking down the glacier. It was pretty exciting to see the helicopter.
Another helicopter shot
More mountain goats. My favorite was the little baby one in the front. This is when they were making their way down the mountain.
Slipping in the snow
Matt, Allie and I
Goats!
Momma and baby goat!
This is when the goats came down in the mountain and we snacking on some grass. They were so close to us. It was really fun to see!
There were a lot of beautiful wildflowers on the hike as well. It was so pretty.
Waterfalls
A pretty shot of the mountain.
This was almost the end of the hike. We took a little break near the water. It was pretty hot at this time so was nice because the mist of the waterfall kept hitting us and it cooled us down a bit.
A trilobite fossil that Roland found on the hike. The day was full of wonderful surprises!
6 comments:
Great pictures! I like the mountain goats and the purple flowers especially.
oh man, we're sorry we missed it, but so glad you guys were able to go. our house was totally sick all week, but anyways, All the pictures are AWESOME!! the video with the goats is GREAT!! so fun! i cant believe the weather was so good though, it totally rained and hailed at our house on sat, crazy!! glad you guys were safe though, so fun, thanks for pics!!
oh and the fossil thing, way cool!!
hey kids! those pix are amazing. looks like such a cool place to hike! =]
xo
Sweet pics, guys. Congrats on conquering Timp, Ange. Michelle still calls it her "archnemesis." Someday...
Hey that hike looks way fun. Those mountain goats are way tight. How long is the hike though? cause 9 hours just sounds like a killer long hike.
Cool cabrones.
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