By Powderhound Matt \ July 11 2014
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Last Wednesday, while I was stuffing boxes getting ready to move into my new place my good pal Phil was turning 25 and feeling adventurous. To celebrate, Phil planned on taking on the tallest peak in the Wasatch, Mount Timpanogos. Here is Phil’s story...
This past Wednesday I turned 25 and wanted to do something special that involved a big adventure and the one thing I love more than anything: snowboarding. The one place that would have the longest field of snow would be a glacier like snowfield below one of the saddles of Mt. Timpanogos. I inquired pro skier Brody Leven about his thoughts on the snow up there since he is hiking the Wasatch daily. Sure enough he sent me this reconnaissance picture, which yields a pretty good size snow patch below the summit of Timpanogos. Saturday a couple friends and I decided to make the trip and spend the night at Emerald Lake.
The hike up yielded beautiful views and plenty of waterfalls. It took us about 4 hours to reach Emerald Lake with packs and ski gear.
We set up camp right below the snowfield and immediately threw the skins on to get some evening laps.
We skinned as far as possible, then took our skis off and hiked the last steep section. I hiked all the way to the saddle to get a great view of Utah Lake.
Here is a panorama (although squished in this view) from the top of Timpanogos showing our line. I did 2 laps totaling around 1600 vertical. Not bad for July!
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7 Comments
Doug Fresh \ 6.6 years ago
Skiing in July, that's #jonesingforwinter
Jon J \ 6.6 years ago
Do you think there is still snow up there? Would it be worth trekking all my gear up?
Iskideeppow \ 6.6 years ago
I'd guess there is still some snow up there, there always is. Do I think you're skiing 1000 feet of continuous vertical? Probably not. I bet you can still find 500 vert of patchy snow. If you make the trek be sure to snap a photo or two and let us know.
n/a \ 6.6 years ago
Baby goats!
Brandon Ott \ 6.6 years ago
I wonder what those goats thought about the skers.
Matt Baydala \ 6.6 years ago
Way to get after it boys!
Longarm \ 6.6 years ago
Oh Ya, I'm pretty jealous too!
Brandon Ott \ 6.6 years ago
Pretty jealous I wasn't on this trip. The alpine photos are surreal.
Longarm \ 6.6 years ago
Ya bud, crushing it in July - 100º temps in the valley and you got to the happy land of Timps!