Maggot tracks on Timponogos, are they yours???

[InspectorGadget]

Watch the weather and tell me, were you the maggot that skied Timpanogos from the top???

KSL TV Weather broadcast 4 February, 2005



BTW, I don't necessarily agree with the "never do this" comments.

[AltaPowderDaze]

helicopter? isn't that area protected? and what is so impossible about skiing or hiking that? we've had a few weeks of high pressure and a bomber snowpack. i don't see anything wrong with skiing that right now. i don't know the aspect but if it is on the S 180 i'm sure the skier was out of there before noon.
media... i don't know anyting about forecasting and i don't pretend to. why must most of them be a jack of all trades but not very good at any of them?

[gramps]

Hah, that was my laugh of the night. That guy was so incredulous, and completely clueless.

[edg]

It's like the post-event bitching we get here, really. Perhaps this was an area full of avalanche activity (I don't know, personally), but so what? The skier made their call, and they made it down in one piece, it would seem.

edg

[Trackhead]

Funny shit.

My wife just asked me this morning "Is skiing Timp a big deal?" I asked "Why" and she told me about the story on the news.

I guess I better take that off my "hit list". Thank god they reported that. Wheewww, that was close.

[AltaPowderDaze]

hey th,

what aspect is that and where were we in relation to it?

[Trackhead]

Hey stiff weather guy, some people are capable of climbing to summits without helicopters.

[Twoplanker]

Jesus, how can you live in Utah, be a professional meteorolgist, and be so clueless about skiing?

He should get together with the sheriff in Summit County to do a special report on backcountry skiing. They could call it "SKEER MADNESS!"

[Blurred]

"He must of landed on a helicopter"!!!

What a moron. Red Baron needs to bitch-slap his dumb ass.

[truth]

"He must of landed on a helicopter"!!!

That would hurt like hell.

[InspectorGadget]

Apparently I went about this all wrong. And, in no way am I defending the comments of our weatherman. Histrionics aside, I was more interested in giving props to somebody for getting their tracks on the tube.

[Trackhead]

APD, That is the West Face, you can see it from everywhere in Utah Valley.

Powstash has skied that line years back.

[Red Baron]

See, thats why you guys need me around here.

[Steezus Christ]

I heard my crazy brother up and decided to boot up the west face, which takes way longer than hitting it from Aspen Grove. If it was a single track, that is his style to go alone like a tard, but I'll have to ask if it was recent enough that the tracks are still there.

I have skied that line a few times but the one I always have wanted to ski is where the Provo Hole saddle is, but drop down the west side of that ridge. But accessing it from the Provo Hole Trail is super sketchy in a few area due to exposure and avalanches. Was thinking maybe accessing it from the Chablis Bowl route and just continue on down the ridge. Anyone ever been on top of Chablis Bowl which over looks the Provo Hole? One of the most scenic and breathtaking spots I have ever seen in the BC.

[Trackhead]

It was a fellow from T-tips. Nice work.

T-tips thread page 25.

[truth]

Looks like it might have been fun.

[ak_powder_monkey]

that might be the sickest looking peak I've ever seen

[Steezus Christ]

I grew up on the backside of that mountain. That is probably 80% of the reason why I am so cool. The other 30% was a gift from Steezus Christ himself.

Unfortunately the conditions are rarely safe during mid winter to be hitting it very often.

[Trackhead]

I grew up on the backside of that mountain. That is probably 80% of the reason why I am so cool. The other 30% was a gift from Steezus Christ himself.

Unfortunately the conditions are rarely safe during mid winter to be hitting it very often.

110% cool, that's cool.

[Steezus Christ]

The line he skied was from the "false peak", the one I need to do before I die is starting from the "Provo Hole" saddle. Anyone ever hit that one? I've only tried to access it from the Sundance side and each time was impassable.

[Trackhead]

Talk to Powstash, he seems to have done a fair bit up there in summer/winter.

I here ya though, I must do any of those lines before I die, or suffer forever.

[Steezus Christ]

The day after Sundance closes I recommend booting up Chablis bowl up above the Hills Headwall run. I am not sure what it is about that run, but it is just all around amazing.

[powstash]

AFB - it surely appears that you grew up on the back side of Timp cause you can't even figure out where the TRUE SUMMIT is - It's the peak to the lookers left of your "FALSE SUMMIT" mark. The spot you've pointed out as the True Summit is not even close. I've climbed Timp from both sides, winter and summer, and done 2 winter traverses. Going to college in Provo and looking at that peak for 6 years will do that to ya. (and marrying a girl who hiked it each year from ages 6-25 with her family helps)

I've skied a similar line to the photo above, about 7 years ago. Booted up the West Ridge (ridge that ends in the FALSE SUMMIT above) in climibing boots, then pulled my alpine boots out of my pack and dropped in. It was mid Feb, bullet proof for the first half and corn down below. It was the last day of a high pressure and a hazy sky didn't let the sun do it's job of heating up the slope.

There are plenty of good, steep lines to be had on Timp. The one you've got as the dotted line is a beauty. I've dreamed about it many a day. I think the only way to get there is the hard way - right up the gut. It's a gnarly bushwhack, likely crampons mandatory (considering the only time to "safely" access it would be spring time) and plenty of luck. Conditions would need to be perfect.

[Steezus Christ]

I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree. The peak with the metal shack on top is actually lower than the peak I labeled as the True Summit. At least this is what all the local wise men around Sundance told me as I was born in and grew up in that area for 22 years. I just googled a topo and they don't have an elevation mark for the summit I believe to be the real summit. If I am wrong then everything I have ever believed must be a lie (and I use to be LDS) and I will no longer have direction in my life.

Oh and I do think you could follow the ridge from Chablis to the PH saddle which is a whole lot easier than bushwacking all that shit brush down low.

EDIT- Well I am getting a little frustrated as I can only find one topo on the internet and it does not list an elevation for both peaks. That means everyone should actually stay away from Mt. Timpanogos and it's underlying areas to include and especially Sundance until I say otherwise. The whole place sucks and you could get vertigo with the impending elevation changes. Plus Robert Redford is a gay enviromentalist that owns a ski resort, an oxymoron.

[powstash]

okay, now you've got me wondering. I'm going to check my huge USGS topo....as soon as I remember where I put it...

The east ridge is my next target on Timp. It calls to me.

Okay, the verdict is in - I just looked at the Utah Mountaineering Guide by Kelsey (synonumous with "Mr. Timpanogos") and his book has your true summit point at 3575 meters and the metal shack/summit at 3582 so there is only 7 meters or about 25 feet difference. Looks like your life is directionless.