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I took an opportunity in August of 1999 to hike up a minor peak that towers over
the Utah Valley just north and east of Provo. Mount Timpanogos can be done in one long
day, but I chose to camp for one night about 2/3 of the way up to the summit.
The weather during this hike was mostly cloudy with some rain. Fortunately on the morning I went to the summit the weather cleared enough for some nice views. On the way up I encountered a herd of mountain goats who seemed to care little when I tramped through the patches of snow and rocks where they were busy foraging. On the way down, however, I enjoyed the view so much that I missed a turn and got off-trail. I was consequently forced to scramble down a steep and nasty cliff of crumbling rock that that terminated in a field of scree, where I encountered the bones of a dead goat and the crash debris from an air force jet. Rather creepy, but also rather pretty among the wildflowers (see below). The following images are scanned from 35mm slides...
Aspen trees near the trail head.
Campsite on a ridge.
View from the tent at sunrise.
A lone ram.
Mountain goats in the snow.
Summit lightning shelter.
At the summit.
Goat bones.
Blue rocks and flowers, near the summit.
Crash debris, air force jet.
Crash debris.
Wildflowers on a ridge.
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