Heres our group just starting out
Alicia and I and Zoe our little mountain goat for the day
What a view!
One of the MANY waterfalls along the way
It was the perfect day, not hot at all up there at that altitude
Zoe again, Derrick and Alli had her pack her own water
The trail went back behind this waterfall, so cool
and here's the back side
ok so I really liked the dog, can you tell I like dogs?
So pretty
Check out these mountain goats, I couldn't believe how big they were, so cool to see
Some of our troup hikin along
Yep snow in July. I know it doesn't really look like it but this part of the hike was the most difficult. Trekking across that snow on a slant was tough, I was slipping all over the place. Wearing running shoes didn't help, I'll definitely invest in some hiking boots next time
A mama mountain goat with her baby, so cute. We were so scared the baby might fall.
Alli, me, Alicia and Lisa almost to the saddle
Made it to the Saddle, what a view!
taking a well deserved break
Check out these gnarly rocky switch backs we climbed
At the Top!
Alicia and I at the tippy tippy top. It felt petty amazing to make it here after 7 1/2 hours of hiking
Now for the best part! This is the "Timp Glacier" really just a big steep sledding hill. This picture gives it no justice. When your looking down from the top it looks SO steep and scary. You have two options after you make to to the top. You can go back down the way you came OR you can slide on your A down this Big A hill. If you choose the later it saves you 2-3 hours of hiking on the way back down.
Alicia's not so sure about it
Alright looks like were going to do it
No Turning back now
AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
SO FUN!!! I wished we could have done it 10 more times!
This picture gives you a little bit better perspective on how steep it really is. Here we are showing off, pretty proud of our accomplishment.
I'm on top of the world
And here is Emerald Lake, check out that blue water, BEAUTIFUL!
WOW! what a great time I had. This was a piece of shleigh heaven. We started at 7am, got to the top at 2:30 and got back to our car at 8:30. That's right it was a 13 1/2 hour tour. We did take our time and took several long breaks though. what a day! WHAT A DAY!
4 comments:
Wow. What an amazing hike. I have never hiked Timp but John and I both want to. Too bad we live far away now. Good job you!!
You are my hero! You look so sexy after the hike too!
I enjoyed reading this SO FREAKING much!!!! I feel like I HAVE to go THIS summer now! Do you think you have one more climb in ya? I think this is a must for me! (we will probably also need several LONG breaks, but I know I can do it!!!) Bubbuh will have died and gone to heaven! How exactly do you think I would talk HIM into sliding down that glacier? ;)
Your pictures were, in a word, GORGEOUS!
Loved all of this.
You are the WOMAN!
Great pictures Ashley. It's gorgeous up there! That's definitely something I'm marking down on my list of things to do.
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