Sundance
by Nick Boren
Title
Sundance
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Digital Image
Description
This images was captured from a hiking trail going up to Stewart falls on the back side of Mt. Timpanogos. Sundance ski area is near here.
From Wikipedia:
Mount Timpanogos became a popular mountain to hike after 1912, when Eugene L. Roberts, a professor at Brigham Young University opened a hiking trail and began taking students.[6] The Timpanogos Hike began after mid-July when there was a full moon. The night before the hike, participants would gather for a celebration that usually had a bonfire. A favorite part of the celebration was the enactment of the "Legend of Timpanogos" that tells the story of an Indian princess who falls in love with a soldier who goes off to war; the soldier did not return, but she watched and waited for him atop Mount Timpanogos until she died.[5]: 25 Roberts' event spawned an annual Timpanogos Hike.
In 1922, the Forest Service over the Wasatch National Forest, part of the United States Department of Agriculture, requested to put in a trail that crossed part of the property owned by the North Folk Investment Co,[7] The Stewart family appreciated the hikes since they brought more popularity to the area.[5]: 26 Today, the trails around the Sundance Mountain Resort offer views of North Fork, Utah and of Stewart Falls. Many trails also feature plaques to mark flora and fauna in the area and are lined with benches.[8] There are also three major biking trails at Sundance that even have ski-lift service after Memorial Day weekend.[9]
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February 6th, 2022
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