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cachehiker
07-25-2006, 12:54 PM
Some friends and I are heading down to climb Mt. Timpanogos sometime between the 5th and the 20th of next month. Rather than trying to hit the road at 4AM to beat the heat, we will be car camping the evening before our "assault" on the summit. Can anybody tell me which sites are best for pitching tents in the Mt. Timpanogos and Timpanooke Campgrounds? Is one campground noticeably better than the other for our purposes? Are there any other desireable distributed camping sites in the immediate vicinity of the Aspen Grove or Timpanooke trailheads?

James_B_Wads2000
07-25-2006, 01:25 PM
I have camped at Timpanoke a couple of times with good results. It is literally in the same parking lot as the Timpanoke trailhead, though you will have to move your car. I can