Deer, moose, mountain goats, marmots and pikas (coneys) are inhabitants of this area. It helps to have your 6 bucks ready to pay the fee. Click here for larger-size photo. Timpanogos Regional Medical Center | MountainStar Health One route that poses more of a challenge is to use ice axe and crampons to go up the glacier route, although this is generally best in the early and late spring. The switchbacks in upper Primrose Cirque have a number of false trails that can be confusing. The Timpooneke trail has a little less elevation gain and may be in better condition, but is a tad longer. These trails are each about seven miles long, giving you a round trip to the summit of fourteen plus miles. There was also a lot of trail cuttings, and the trails up there are in pretty rough condition. Mount Timpanogos Weather Forecast (3581m) - Mountain-Forecast.com From the summit of Mt. Phil Lowry did tell me where the access to the old trail segment is, and I found it, but after heading up the old trail through the overgrowth, and switchbacking the other direction awhile I got to a rock ledge where the trail seemed to disappear into a bunch of game trails. One thing we learn from these incidents is that it is never good to fly a bomber into the side of the mountain. Hidden Lakes is a popular camping area for backpackers. The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, circa 1990, features three vesions of the legend on their website. In days of yore the local community rallied to build the shelter, but more recently the U.S. Forest Service failed to maintain the historic shelter despite promising to do so, and when the shelter largely collapsed in the 2022 the Forest Service refused to restore it. The Roberts version of the story likely debuted at a traditional bonfire held at Aspen Grove the night before the Timp Hike, an annual pilgrimage to summit Mount Timpanogos in the early 1920s. Out of the shadows appeared a handsome young man named Timpanac. From the Thanksgiving Point area, Highway 92 is the Timpanogos Highway through Highland, which goes to American Fork Canyon; you can also reach the mouth of American Fork Canyon by going up North County Boulevard, Highway 129, the bottom of which can be reached from Pleasant Grove Boulevard, to Highway 92, or by following Highway 146, 100 East in Pleasant Grove, which becomes North Canyon Road and travels along the base of the mountain to Highway 92.
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