Bucket List #52 - Watch the Sunrise from the top of Mt. Timpanogos = Complete

11pm: Left our casa Friday night
12am: Started hiking from the Timpooneke Trailhead

We are on our way!

This is probably about 2 miles into the hike....yummy snacks!

We hiked through lots of snow.  I don't love it!  Especially in the dark!

 3am: Reached the saddle

Here's a blurry view of Utah County from the saddle

Me at the saddle.  The saddle is about 5.5 miles into the hike with the hardest part of the hike still ahead of us.

This section is called the Stairs...basically just scaling a cliff.

 5am: Reached the summit!!  11,749 ft....a 4580 ft elevation gain from the trailhead.  Now that's some pretty hard core hiking in the middle of the night!

We made it!  Time to eat, relax, and wait for the sunrise.

Yippee!

Watching the sky get brighter and brighter was awesome!

The sun is almost here!!

 6:30am: First glimpse of the sun!

There it is!  So breathtaking!

Me and the sunrise!  Another bucket list item complete!

Good morning, sun!

Me and my girls on the top of Timp at sunrise!  Woop!

There's always gotta be at least one of these photos!  That's Utah Lake behind me.

It was a little chilly up there!

 7am: Started hiking back down

There's the little rocky trail down the mountain to the saddle.

I'm in love with this!

When I saw this photo I realized that I looked like a homeless person.  Rockin' it nonetheless!

I was just up on that peak behind me.  You can even see little people up there if you look hard enough.

 7:45am:  Reached the saddle again

Yep!  This is also taken on the saddle.

Hiking through more snow.  Boo!

Heather spent a lot of time on her hind end in the snow.  They are not friends!

The wildflowers were amazing!  And I love purple!

This section of the hike is called the Flower Garden.  So lovely!

Hiking over a glacier...no big deal!

There was no snow like this last year.  Shows you how long and lame our winter was this year!

Is there anything more beautiful than this?!

One good thing about all the snow is that the waterfalls were amazing!

We're almost there!!

 12pm: Made it back to the car!  A 12 hour hike on little to no sleep...15 miles later...so worth it!

We did it!!  So sore and ready for a shower!

Toward the end of the hike, I really started thinking that it was never going to end...ever!  I was very ready to be done!  My toes hurt so dang bad.  I could barely function the rest of the day on Saturday, but I was feeling pretty good on Sunday.  Thanks to Heather and Olivia for joining me on this crazy adventure!  It was super fun and actually ended up being perfect.  The temperature was cool most of the trip.  We didn't run into any wildlife.  We didn't slide off the mountain side on a glacier...a couple of spots were quite precarious!  We had good food!  What a great day...night...whatever it was!  It was awesome!  Until next summer, Timp...when I conquer you again!