Climbing Mt. Timpanogos

It (almost) used to be an annual rite for us to climb nearby Mt. Timpanogos, once in the summer, but since 2002 we just... forgot to do it. What inspired me to return to it this year was a combination of reasons.

First a friend of mine told me that he traditionally too, climbed Mt. Buet in the French Alps every year and then I wanted to get back into hiking, plus thought that it would be cool to guide my daughter into that epic climb; so that's how all the planets and stars aligned yesterday to make the event possible.

The mountain stands like a sentinel in the Heber Valley and always send an open invitation to climb it. From the Aspen Grove trail-head (6,910 feet) to the top (11,749 feet) it's a steady 4,839 feet vertical climb...

It was also the first time we ascended the mountain so late in the season and with so little snow left, making it much harder to progress through fields of rocks and boulders.

The important result is that we wrapped it up once more and that after more than six hours of harsh hiking time, we were both beat but happy!