Snowpack Update

I woke up this morning with a nip in the air and noticed that Alta Base, Alta-Collins, and Hidden Peak all had temps in the 30s.  It seemed like a good day to go for a hike and check out the end of season snowpack.

I finished my hike at the top of the Snowbird Tram.  From that vantage point, no snow appears to remain on the American Fork Twin.  All I could see was a very small patch of dirty snow in upper Hogum that can't be discerned in the photo below.  

I couldn't see into upper White Pine and a few other spots that might hold snow.  I suspect that with only a couple of very localized patches, it's pretty much a do over in the central Wasatch.  

Earlier I bagged Sugarloaf Peak and Mt. Baldy.  From the latter I could see some lingering snow in the Timpanogos Glacier cirque.  You'll have to squint to see it!

Today would have been my Dad's 83rd birthday.  I was glad to get out and enjoy some of the scenery that he loved to see when he visited.  My mom is a huge Robert Redford fan, so we often went to Sundance for a scenic chairlift ride and the hope of glimpsing the movie icon (which never happened), but the views of Mt. Timpanogos are a pretty good consolation.  Sadly Bob is now gone too.  Long live the beauty of Provo Canyon, Sundance, and Mt. Timpanogos.