Hiking Timpanogos

This is the fearless group that went hiking the back of Timpanogos on Saturday Sept. 6th. SM went with his two sisters, their husbands, and the mother and brother of one of the brother-in-law's. (I hope that isn't as confusing as it sounds). The hike was known to be a tough hike, but none of them anticipated that it was as tough as it was. (Another confusing sentence...oh well). To put it directly, the hike was hard but worth it. The hike also had some very beautiful waterfalls. Also, for being the beginning of September, it was very green in some places. For those of you not familiar with Utah weather, because of the heat during the summer, a lot of the grasses turn yellow from all the heat. These are some very beautiful pictures.


The weather was warm when the hikers started, but as they continued up the mountain, increasing in altitude, it got cooler and cooler. As they got close to the top of the mountain, the mighty hikers saw snow patches that were still there from last winter.

These are SM's two beautiful sisters. I'm a lucky girl to have them as sister-in-laws. Especially because I always wanted more sisters and now I have seven additional sisters in my family!!

Everyone had to take occasional breaks to take pictures of the scenery or to take pictures of others' taking pictures.This was a close call...SM almost fell over the edge of a clif...or at least that's how he staged it. As you can tell, all the hikers were of a serious nature.
This is a picture of Emerald Lake, the turning around point for five of the hikers. After taking four hours hiking up the back of Timpanogos Mountain, and three more hours to get down, the hikers were very glad they did the hike! Nobody complained too loudly the next day as they hobbled around...at least not too much.