Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

July 31st, 2024 at 7:50 AMMount Timpanogos Wilderness, UT

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Distance16.5 mi

Elevation gain5,700 ft

CruxClass 2

Route typeOut & back

Duration8 hr

Quality8/10

Vehicle to trailheadCar

Protected areaMount Timpanogos Wilderness, Forest Service

EcoregionWasatch and Uinta Mountains

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Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Starting along the Timpooneke Trail.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Creek crossing.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Short detour to Scout Falls.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — From Scout Falls, view toward the trailhead. Twin Peaks are visible on the far left.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Rejoining the Timpooneke Trail as it ascends series of plateaus known as the "Giant Staircase".

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — The trail makes a long switchback up an eastern slope.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Crossing a talus field.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Maintaining elevation as the trail skirts around a cliff system on the right.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — First glimpse of Mount Timpanogos.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Approaching Timpanogos Basin. Shortly ahead, the Timpanogos Summit Trail branches off to the right (not pictured). Alternatively, one can continue along the Timpooneke Trail. Both trails converge near a saddle along the Mount Timpanogos ridgeline.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Timpanogos Basin from the Timpanogos Summit Trail.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Gorgeous wildflower bloom.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — The trail bends right before cutting across the slope ahead.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back at a couple of grazing mountain goats.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Waiting for the rest of the herd to clear.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — The trail makes several switchbacks as it gains the ridgeline.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Gaining the ridgeline. View toward Mount Timpanogos.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back as the trail hugs the west side of the Mount Timpanogos ridgeline.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Approaching a Class 2 section. The trail is a bit hard to follow.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — A group of hikers making their way down a loose, Class 2 section.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Past the Class 2 section, continuing toward the summit of Mount Timpanogos (right of center).

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back into the Timpanogos Basin.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Mount Timpanogos summit shelter.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View from inside the shelter.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View north along the Mount Timpanogos Trail.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View east. South Mount Timpanogos is on the right.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Continuing south along the ridgeline, past the official trail. (However, a well-defined use trail remains).

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back toward the summit of Mount Timpanogos (left of center).

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Approaching the saddle between Mount Timpanogos and South Mount Timpanogos.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back. My return route descends Timpanogos Glacier.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Intermittent use trail along the west slope of South Mount Timpanogos.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Class 2.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — South Mount Timpanogos summit. View southeast.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View north toward Mount Timpanogos.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Back at the saddle, descending the bowl above the Timpanogos Glacier.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Approaching the snow line. Crampon-less, I resorted to butt sliding.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back along the glacier.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Nearing the bottom of the glacier. Roberts Horn is on the left, Emerald Lake on the right.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Picking up a use trail on the west bank of Emerald Lake.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back as I join the Mount Timpanogos Trail near this dilapidated shelter.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Following the trail to a saddle along the rim of the Timpanogos Basin.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View into Timpanogos Basin from the saddle.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Leaving the trail, headed northeast toward Roberts Horn.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Staying below some brush along the ridge.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View west into the Timpanogos Basin.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Approaching the summit.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Roberts Horn summit. View east toward the town of Aspen Grove and the Mount Timpanogos Trailhead. On the right is Elk Point.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View south.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Rejoining the Mount Timpanogos Trail as it enters the Timpanogos Basin.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Approaching the junction with the Timpooneke Trail.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — Rejoining the Timpooneke Trail.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — More breathtaking wildflowers.

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn

Mount Timpanogos, South Timpanogos, and Roberts Horn — View back as I approach the junction with the Timpanogos Summit Trail, which I used on the ascent.