| Mount Timpanogos, Utah. Named by the indigenous people to this area, the word "Timpanogos" roughly translates into "Water-on-Rock" and most likely refers to the numerous waterfalls and cascades which flow off the mountain. Located at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level, Timpanogos Basin provides some of the most spectacular displays of wildflowers found anywhere in the Rocky Mountain West. Vast cirques and basins were gouged into this mountain by an abundance of glacial ice as recently as 12,000 years ago. The remnants of a glacier from a much more recent cool period still persists high in a cirque just to the left of the main sunlit summit in this image. At the current melt rate, all traces of Timpanogos Glacier will disappear before the end of the decade. All photos in these galleries may be ordered as fine art framed prints or for stock photography usage. |
