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Climbing and exploring Utah's Mt. Timpanogos : also featuring history of Provo & American Fork canyons, Sundance, Heber Creeper, Timp hike, Timp Cave, airplane crashes, hiking deaths, & Rocky Mtn. goats and geology by Kelsey, Michael R. is a travel available to read on EtoBox.
What is Climbing and exploring Utah's Mt. Timpanogos : also featuring history of Provo & American Fork canyons, Sundance, Heber Creeper, Timp hike, Timp Cave, airplane crashes, hiking deaths, & Rocky Mtn. goats and geology about?
This book is a guide to perhaps Utah's best known mountain, Mt. Timpanogos, or Timp for short. Timp is located due north of Provo, and it dominates all of Utah Valley. Timp has now been made into a wilderness area. Timp is famous for several reasons. One, it's the second highest peak in the Wasatch Mountains at 3581 meters; it has the closest thing to a real glacier in the state; and between the years 1912 and 1970, there was an event called the Annual Timp Hike. Over the years, thousands of people climbed the mountain, usually on the 3rd or 4th weekend of July. The reward at the summit was a "summit badge". One man collected 42 badges before this annual ended. But it got too popular and the mountain got loved to death, as about 7000 hikers were on the mountain in 1970. After that, they called the whole thing off, because of the mess made of the mountain. The book has 14 maps showing climbing routes. This is a huge mountain with 7 cirque basins, all at or near treeline. Its summit ridge is 7 kms long, from North Peak to the South Summits, all of which have an elevation above about 3400 meters. This book discusses routes for both summer and winter climbing. Besides a hiking or cli
Who reads Climbing and exploring Utah's Mt. Timpanogos : also featuring history of Provo & American Fork canyons, Sundance, Heber Creeper, Timp hike, Timp Cave, airplane crashes, hiking deaths, & Rocky Mtn. goats and geology?
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- Author
- Kelsey, Michael R.
- Publisher
- Treasure Chest Books
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780944510001
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, Travel
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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