Mt. Timpanogos conditions

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About this time of year people start asking so here it is.
This update is from the Timpanogos Emergency Response Team http://tert.org/

MT. TIMPANOGOS CONDITIONS (Links: Timpanogos Weather Updated (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.39323442211919&lon=-111.63963317871094&site=slc&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text), Utah Avalanche Center (http://www.utahavalanchecenter.org/))
July 3, 1130 hr. Aspen Grove side - upper trails snow covered (below Hidden Lakes area) steep snow fields. Some mote
danger. Ice axe recommended. Emerald Lake area 50% covered with snow. Lake frozen. Trail from Emerald Lake to
saddle covered with snow. Care needed here - fairly eposed. Large cornice above Timponogos Basin. Timp basin
mostly covered with snow. Conditions change rapidly so be prepared.

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About this time of year people start asking so here it is.
This update is from the Timpanogos Emergency Response Team http://tert.org/

MT. TIMPANOGOS CONDITIONS (Links: Timpanogos Weather Updated (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.39323442211919&lon=-111.63963317871094&site=slc&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text), Utah Avalanche Center (http://www.utahavalanchecenter.org/))
July 3, 1130 hr. Aspen Grove side - upper trails snow covered (below Hidden Lakes area) steep snow fields. Some mote
danger. Ice axe recommended. Emerald Lake area 50% covered with snow. Lake frozen. Trail from Emerald Lake to
saddle covered with snow. Care needed here - fairly eposed. Large cornice above Timponogos Basin. Timp basin
mostly covered with snow. Conditions change rapidly so be prepared.

Thanks for that update. That trail is where I almost met my demise, and when someone says "ice axe recommended", I can see why. A few years ago we were approaching Emerald Lake from the Timpooneke side. Where there is generally a trail across a slope of loose rock, there was 5-6 feet of snow. At the base of that slope is a cliff, maybe 100 feet high. For some reason I sat down on that snow a few feet from the edge, and immediately slid right off a 6 foot drop off onto a ledge, perhaps 4-5 feet wide. If that ledge wouldn't have been there, I would have fallen to my death or serious injury over the edge of the cliff. That's definitely a place for the inexperienced to be careful.

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Just got back from my second backpacking trip up Timp this summer. On the Aspen Grove side there is no flowing water from the talus slope up until you hit Emerald Lake.