Mount Timpanogos bivouac
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:05 am
I don't have much in the way of kit, but I do have a modest stash of wool blankets I've managed to collect, including a Hudson Bay style and a Swiss army - granted that one is only 80% wool. I turned it into a ruana cloak, but before I did that I took both of them on an overnight hike up Mount Timpanogos last summer with my daughter. We camped in the Hidden Lakes basin about halfway up the trail and almost 10,000 feet. We made a bedroll with the two blankets and a waxed canvas tarp. To be honest, I'm not sure if it wasn't quite warm enough or if our lack of sleep was more due to the full moon or the mosquito.
Anyway, here's a shot of my daughter rolled up in the blankets in the morning - before the mountain goats invaded our camp.
And some shots she took of the goats and the scenery. Sorry the old camera has such low resolution.
Anyway, here's a shot of my daughter rolled up in the blankets in the morning - before the mountain goats invaded our camp.
And some shots she took of the goats and the scenery. Sorry the old camera has such low resolution.