Kind of Like Heaven...

This last Friday, Todd and I had the opportunity to hike to the Peak of Mt. Timpanogos with Todd's sister, Kristi and her husband Maurice. Maurice brought his brother Jerome also. This hike was a total of about 15 miles and it took us about 9 hours total. The peak is at about 11,750 ft in elevation, so it was quite a steep hike. There were beautiful waterfalls along the way and so many different sceneries! We saw quite a few mountain goats also. This is a view of what we were hiking up, you can see the peak in the very far back, it is the 2nd tallest in Utah!! Behind us, you can see what we just climbed up! About half way up, it opened up into this big bowl with a huge field! It was beautiful! The flowers were gorgous! There was quite a few glaciers that we found the closer we got to the top. The dogs LOVED the snow! They ate it, rolled in it, and slid down hills in it, it was hilarious! You can see the peak that we had to get to behind this hill! This was up on the ridge walking over to the peak, or I guess I should say "climbing" to the peak! It was SO incredibly windy at the top...as my shirt shows! We were at the peak in this picture and you can see Emerald Lake where we stopped to eat lunch...it looks so far away! There was a little shack at the top here, everyone signed a book to show that you made it all the way to the top! We were a little excited we made it to the top! However, I have to admit, it was scary up there, especially cause it was so windy! Thrilled by our accomplishment!....6 hours from the bottom!! It was raining once we finally reached the top, but it made a great view! In the little shack at the top... The best part of the whole hike! We got to slide down a glacier from the top. It was close to 1000 ft. that we slid down. It was really steep and really cold! The dogs slid down it too and it was the cutest thing ever! Here it is!! you can see our trail that we made all the way down! This is in front of Emeral Lake My very smart husband and our brother in law decided to jump in the lake even though there was snow all around it!! And we made it down... 3 hours down...a total of 9 hours!!! Thanks for inviting us to hike it guys! We've always wanted to!! It was something we will never forget!
Here is a video of Todd and Mo going into the freezing water!

And a video of sledding down the glacier!