Kyle, Jeremie, and Eric (Jer's brother) hiked up Mt. Timpanogos on July 23. It took us 6 hours up, but only 4 hours down. We were surprised by all of the snow up the mountain. There were about 200 hikers that signed in on our path (Timpanooke), but there were also probably another 200 hikers climbing from the Aspen Grove trail on the other side. The EMT at the bottom of the trail said that when the trail is clear, they get about 1,000 hikers on each path daily for a total of 2,000 trying to reach the peak. With all of the snow still on the mountain, most hikers on our path turned back at the snow fields, but Kyle was relentless. The hike was scary at parts, but our fears were partially misguided as we learned that sliding down the mountain wasn't necessarily a bad thing; however, we did see a guy fall off a ledge and slide 50 feet down the mountain inadvertently. His wife screamed at first, but he just had the wind knocked out of him. (Grandparents don't worry, Jeremie taught Kyle what to do if he were to slip down the mountain). All in all, it was a great hike and Kyle wants to do it again. Kyle rates it as his favorite hike (2. Donut Falls; 3. Y-mountain). He even said that he would do it again in September if Grandpa Snowder visits from Texas for the blessing of baby Isla.
A fun slide down the mountain.
We came across a herd of about 50 mountain goats that crossed our path
