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hike to scout falls
On Saturday we went for a hike in American Fork Canyon (about a 15 minute drive from our house). Most of the canyon and mountain area are managed by the National Park Service and there are lots of hiking, mountain biking and horse riding trails. We have done several hikes here in the past, but have still not explored all the trails. From the carpark at Timpooneke campground (approx 7200ft) we hiked for about an hour up the trail to Scout Falls (approx 8200ft). I still haven't gotten used to how green everything is in the mountains in the summertime - I'm so used to seeing all in a white blanket of snow! There were dozens of wildflowers, butterflies and birds along the trail, and (being a Saturday) quite a few people too! The melting snow provides for lots of small waterfalls and streams along the trail, culminating in the "big one" at Scout Falls. From there the trail continues upward (for the more adventurous) all the way to the summit of Mt Timpanogos (11,749ft) crossing meadows, a scree slope, cirque, lake and a glacier along the way (not to mention the wreckage of an airforce B25 that crashed on the mountainside back in 1955). We're saving the hike to the summit for another day (when Heather is a bit fitter!) Never-the-less the falls and the view from 8,000ft up in the mountains still made a pretty spectacular hike.
On Saturday we went for a hike in American Fork Canyon (about a 15 minute drive from our house). Most of the canyon and mountain area are managed by the National Park Service and there are lots of hiking, mountain biking and horse riding trails. We have done several hikes here in the past, but have still not explored all the trails. From the carpark at Timpooneke campground (approx 7200ft) we hiked for about an hour up the trail to Scout Falls (approx 8200ft). I still haven't gotten used to how green everything is in the mountains in the summertime - I'm so used to seeing all in a white blanket of snow! There were dozens of wildflowers, butterflies and birds along the trail, and (being a Saturday) quite a few people too! The melting snow provides for lots of small waterfalls and streams along the trail, culminating in the "big one" at Scout Falls. From there the trail continues upward (for the more adventurous) all the way to the summit of Mt Timpanogos (11,749ft) crossing meadows, a scree slope, cirque, lake and a glacier along the way (not to mention the wreckage of an airforce B25 that crashed on the mountainside back in 1955). We're saving the hike to the summit for another day (when Heather is a bit fitter!) Never-the-less the falls and the view from 8,000ft up in the mountains still made a pretty spectacular hike.
1 comment:
That is so pretty! You guys are so good about getting outdoors and doing stuff!
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