Timp Hike

Russ and I hiked Timpanogos mountain today. We started at 5 am. It was still dark but there was enough light from the moon that we could start hiking. We made fast progress up the mountain until we got to Emerald Lake. From there we have to climb over rock fields and boulders and then go straight up hill to get to the saddle. Once we got to the saddle we could see a all of Utah county. We had to make it to the very top because we were so close although we were tired. We thought we were close but it was still another 1.5 miles over the ledge. At that point we were about 11000 feet so very 20 feet we were out of breath. We made it to the top though and there were people signaling other mountain tops with mirrors. We could see reflections from the mountain across from Utah lake. It was pretty cool. We hiked down pretty quickly but it really hurt my knees. It was so beautiful. My favorite part was at Emerald Lake. The wild flowers were in full bloom.

Wild flowers at Emerald Lake

Emerald Lake

boulder field

The rock ledge we had to climb to get to the top