Cascade Mountain is in the bag! This was a steep sucker. I went on the Upper Pole Couloir route instead of taking the saddle and the ridge line clear across. This route was quite a bit shorter sounded like fun.

The route wasn’t bad, just slow careful going. Here you can seen what the couloir (pronounced /ko͞olˈwär/) looked like.

At the top.

Looking north to the sister peak with the weather station on it.

I decided to head over and check it out. Here is a view from that spot, looking back south to the main peak.

A nice side shot of Timpanogos.

Deer Creek to the north east.

Awesome pano view of Utah Valley.

Destination: Provo Peak, starting at the Y trailhead. It was supposed to be a 100 degree day, so I got a nice and early start. On the trail at 5:10 am.

Top of the Y

Crazy lush grove up in the saddle above the Y

Amazing panoramic views from the top!

✓Nebo, ✓Santaquin Peak, and ✓Spanish Fork Peak to the South.

Cascade, ✓Timpanogos, and ✓Loan Peak to the North. Of the Wasatch Seven Peaks, I only have Cascade left to do.

Stats:
13.88 miles
7.5 hours
6,236 feet elevation gain

July 4th!

Lemon-Blueberry Streusel Pie in the making. A guy from work made this and shared it with us. It was so good, so we decided to make it for the holiday.
Recipe here: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/lemon-blueberry-streusel-pie-recipe.

We biked the Mapleton Canal trail and made it clear to the end with the girls. Zoey was with me in the trailer.

A Utah Valley dirty drink from Fiiz drinks in Mapleton to cool off.

Fireworks time!

We drew a crowd with the neighborhood kids.

Happy Independence Day!

Santaquin Peak is definitely one of the most prominent peaks on the southern end of Utah Valley. It was a very enjoyable hike to the top and had a terrific view of the valley.

Proud flying flag on this 4th of July weekend.

I decided to double up and do Loafer Mountain as well. It had a really great view of Birdseye.

Looking North from Loafer towards Utah Valley. Santaquin peak is the mountain to the left.

I almost had the mountain to myself…

Stats:
13.54 miles
7 hours
4,467 feet elevation gain