Westley, Mindy and I started hiking Mount Timpanogos (in the dark) at 5:00 a.m. from the Aspen Grove trailhead. Westley and I summited at about 12:40 p.m. (Mindy hiked up to the saddle--just 800 feet below the summit--but didn't make a summit attempt.) We made it back to the car at 5:00 p.m. for a trip total of 12 hours, 16 miles, 4,850 vertical feet, with a 11,750-foot maximum elevation.
August 2008 Hiking Archive
August 16, 2008
Mount Timpanogos Hike
August 13, 2008
Sunset Hike to Cardiff Pass
I got an itch to go hiking at work yesterday afternoon, so I headed to Alta to hike up to Cardiff Pass. The guidebook says it should take 40 minutes to 1.5 hours to make it to the pass. I arrived at the trailhead at about 7:45 p.m., so I wasn't sure if I would make it to the pass by my turn-around time of 8:30. Once I found my way to the road/trail that starts behind Alta's town offices, I was off to the races. I stopped a few times to take some photos, but I was mostly just on a mission to reach the pass by 8:30.
August 7, 2008
Stairs Gulch Hike
Mindy and I hiked up into Stairs Gulch in Big Cottonwood Canyon this evening. The trail starts off easily enough, but then shoots straight up. Eventually, we came upon a stream, and then we just hiked straight up from there until it started getting late. The scenery was really good for such a short hike.
August 3, 2008
Broads Fork Hike
Today I finally did some non-skiing-related hiking. Mindy and I hiked up Broads Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon to the meadow below Sunrise Peak, Mount Dromedary and the Broads Fork Twin Peaks. The hike was fairly short (2 miles), but it gains quite a bit of elevation (2,200 vertical feet).