Thanks for commenting. It seems you were wise to wait until the afternoon; if you read MOCKBA's post above, you'll see what you might have dealt with otherwise.
This is on my to-do list. I have heard of it, and seen pictures, and after seeing it while hiking to Timp cave last summer, I have to see the view from the peak.
Go! I can almost guarantee you won't be disappointed. Just avoid holiday weekends, and you should have an experience much like mine. I hope yours is even better.
Thanks. Go do it. You'll probably still have a good life if youb it don't climb it, but since I climbed it, I've felt that my life was better for having done so.
Now you know what impels me to have climbed this mountain 362 times, sometimes three times in a row in one day. It is addictive, and I cannot explain it. I have hundreds of photos, all seasons. I will try to post some soon and link them to the Timp site.
I remember seeing this years back when I was still back east. Interesting to revisit a fine TR like this and get someone's perspective after you've climbed and enjoyed the peak yourself. Living here under the Wasatch now one's mind always wonders about what this range would be like were it wild...imagine if the early settlers never made it here...let's say they settled at the foot of the Uintas, and the giant set of glorified suburbs and chain restaurants of SLC sit south of where Evanston is now. Can you imagine the Uintas as a glorified city park, with roads, all sorts of trails, picnic tables and such? And the Wasatch by its lonesome self rising like the Sierras out of a mostly empty valley, a small town or two scattered about, and as a result every peak involving a long multi-day approach a la the Winds or the Uintas.
Yeah, the Wasatch is a mixed blessing. Truly a beautiful range, I find it far more spectacular than I do the Uintas, yet I never find myself in a rush to get back there due to the lack of real wilderness and all the views of sprawl and smog from so mnay places in the range. However, if I lived in the SLC area, I'd be ecstatic having such mountains so close by. I'd be out in them almost every weekend. I can't think of any other large city with great alpine mountains so close. I guess if you're in Denver west of I-25, it's less than an hour out to places like Mount Evans and the Loveland Pass area.
Bob Sihler - Feb 11, 2007 9:18 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: ExcellentThanks for commenting. It seems you were wise to wait until the afternoon; if you read MOCKBA's post above, you'll see what you might have dealt with otherwise.
KirtDavis - Feb 11, 2007 9:43 pm - Voted 10/10
great!This is on my to-do list. I have heard of it, and seen pictures, and after seeing it while hiking to Timp cave last summer, I have to see the view from the peak.
Thanks for the article.
Bob Sihler - Feb 12, 2007 2:38 am - Hasn't voted
Re: great!Go! I can almost guarantee you won't be disappointed. Just avoid holiday weekends, and you should have an experience much like mine. I hope yours is even better.
KirtDavis - Feb 12, 2007 3:59 am - Voted 10/10
Re: great!I work weekends, and have the first part of the week off, I love it just for the fact that I usually avoid the weekend crowds.
Eleutheros - Feb 19, 2007 2:21 am - Voted 10/10
Well, well saidI have not climbed Timp yet, but you've got me worried my life would not be complete without doing so.
Bob Sihler - Feb 19, 2007 4:41 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Well, well saidThanks. Go do it. You'll probably still have a good life if youb it don't climb it, but since I climbed it, I've felt that my life was better for having done so.
hyperphil - Feb 20, 2007 8:57 am - Hasn't voted
362 TimesNow you know what impels me to have climbed this mountain 362 times, sometimes three times in a row in one day. It is addictive, and I cannot explain it. I have hundreds of photos, all seasons. I will try to post some soon and link them to the Timp site.
Bob Sihler - Feb 21, 2007 1:10 am - Hasn't voted
Re: 362 Times362? Wow! And you still love it-- my point exactly. Thanks.
Castlereagh - Feb 9, 2014 4:01 am - Hasn't voted
Timp & the cityI remember seeing this years back when I was still back east. Interesting to revisit a fine TR like this and get someone's perspective after you've climbed and enjoyed the peak yourself. Living here under the Wasatch now one's mind always wonders about what this range would be like were it wild...imagine if the early settlers never made it here...let's say they settled at the foot of the Uintas, and the giant set of glorified suburbs and chain restaurants of SLC sit south of where Evanston is now. Can you imagine the Uintas as a glorified city park, with roads, all sorts of trails, picnic tables and such? And the Wasatch by its lonesome self rising like the Sierras out of a mostly empty valley, a small town or two scattered about, and as a result every peak involving a long multi-day approach a la the Winds or the Uintas.
Bob Sihler - Feb 10, 2014 11:23 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Timp & the cityYeah, the Wasatch is a mixed blessing. Truly a beautiful range, I find it far more spectacular than I do the Uintas, yet I never find myself in a rush to get back there due to the lack of real wilderness and all the views of sprawl and smog from so mnay places in the range. However, if I lived in the SLC area, I'd be ecstatic having such mountains so close by. I'd be out in them almost every weekend. I can't think of any other large city with great alpine mountains so close. I guess if you're in Denver west of I-25, it's less than an hour out to places like Mount Evans and the Loveland Pass area.