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The Sea

A beautiful day otherwise, the 10,000 foot Rockies block airflow, allowing a thick inversion layer to form over Utah Valley. Because of this sea-like inversion layer, we were ranked on one particular day last week, as having the worst air quality in the nation.

Despite the inversion in the valley, skiing at Sundance is amazing (where there’s nothing but great ski runs).

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Posted 2 years ago

Tags: sundance, light, sun, ski, skiing, resort, utah, uinta, mountains, nature,

Hitting the Slopes

Up at Sundance Ski Resort on a beautiful Spring-like ski day. I can’t wait to see what this looks like with the new mountain bike after the snow melts!

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Posted 2 years ago

Tags: Utah, Sundance, ski, skiing, resort, snow, mountains, timpanogos, uinta, forest, snow, clouds,

Snowy Stewart

Water from the surrounding mountain of Sundance melts into a flowing stream. This is just next to Stewart road on the south-west side of Sundance Resort.

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Posted 2 years ago

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Tags: Sundance, snowy, snow, river, stewart, falls, nature, Uinta, Wasatch, mountain,

Hidden Lake Sunset

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Living at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Utah Valley, we sit just below the 2nd tallest mountain in Utah, called Mount Timpanogos or Timp for short. Timp sits at 11,749 feet, and I hadn’t had a great desire to hike up Timp until last week.

After a series of short and easy training sessions, I decided that we’d go explore the area and mountain to get a feel for how tough it will be to hike. If this is all you read, just know this mountain is completely unforgiving and kicked my butt.

So, last week me and my son put on full backpacks with a tent, sleeping bags, water, and food, and took the Aspen Grove Trail (there is also a Timpanooke Trail to the summit of Timp) to start our exploration.

In a fairly aggressive time schedule, I must admit that I was a little naive. It took 5 hours from the base of Aspen Grove to reach our camp site at Hidden Lake, and took 4 hours from this point to hike down. We explored the Hidden Lake, Emerald Lake, Timp Shelter, Timp Glacier, Timpanooke/Aspen Grove Trail merge, and the Timpanogos Saddle.

After all was said and done, we hiked about 16 miles and gained/descended about 4900 feet of elevation. We ate a freeze-dried hiking dinner (Western Chili and mashed potatoes), went through 10 liters of water, ate snacks, and energy bars. We saw a herd of mountain goats, and earned sore shoulders, hips, and feet from our expedition.

Pictured is the last light of the day in its fisheye HDR glory.

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Posted 1 year ago

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Tags: Timpanogos, hike, Hidden Lake, Aspen Grove, Timpanooke, Uinta,

Follow the Sun

After hitting the Saddle of Timpanogos and going as far as we wanted that morning, we made our way along the trail to start our decent back home. The morning sun had just breached the horizon and was above the clouds in the distant sky.

What a trip! It’ll be something I’ll never forget, and a hike which I’ll conquer again this year and many more times. I learned more about myself in that day and 1/2 than I have in the last few years. It was a spiritual experience with nature.

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Posted 1 year ago

Tags: Aspen Grove, Timpanogos, Uinta, hiking, campout, Utah,

Provo River Falls

Just downstream from the High Uinta Lakes, such as Trial, Teapot, Lost, Lilly, and Wall Lakes, along the Mirror Lake Highway is the beautiful cascading Provo River Falls. This river drains all the way from this wilderness to Jordanelle Resorvoir, Deer Creek Reservoir, and finally continues down Provo Canyon and empties into Utah Lake. It’s quite the distance, and to see this high up in the wilderness is a wonderful sight.

The Provo River Falls area is filled with a lot of waterfalls this size, and my only wish was that I had a ND filter for my fisheye lens and had taken my tripod out of the car. Definitely a fantastic place to hike, camp, or picnic when the weather is right. Utah has some amazing beauty!

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