This Summer, or Just a Lot of Mountain Pics

The highlights of summer as told in a list of best hike and pictures of these hikes

Hiking Timpanogos. 15miles. 12 hours (took a long break at the top) One of my favorite accomplishments of this year. It just felt good ya know. Opinion: Everyone who is capable should do this hike at least once in their life. I came out of this so frickin' empowered and invincible. Turns out Olivia can talk for 12 hours straight and is therefore the best person to take on long hikes. Enjoy these low quality iphone pics. 

  My kingdom. From Squaw Peak. A hike which I did not like very much but a view that made up for it

 Spanishhhh Forkkkk Hot Springs. I've lived in Utah for 8 years and have never made it to ANY hot springs. That was EIGHT YEARS WASTED. I'm hesitant to give away the secret but I trust you.  Secret: if you hike up a little but further from the main hot pots you will find some less trafficked ones that are way better than the ones below. This is typically where the naked people hang out if you can chill with that

Somewhere in the Unitas. Somehow I've never been? It was love at first campsite. I will probably spend all of next summer here. Dezi and I camped to pick up her boyfriend after he ran the Highline trail in like 23 hours or something ridiculous like that. We made the dumb mistake of accidentally telling two very friendly drunk  men with scary dogs that we we're just two girls camping by themselves waiting for a boyfriend to appear of the trail. Slept with bear spray that night.  

Red Pine Lake. But honestly how have I never been to so many of these places??? Hike was meh, but a great place to sleep in a hammock if you don't mind freezing your butt off. 

 Desolation Trail with my new hiking buddy Sarah. We are very committed to these mountains and hiking them together. Desolation is one of my most favorite hikes with a stellar view of the valley. Highly recommend. 

  DOG LAKE. SO COLD. Saw 0 dogs at this lake. Shocked and confused.

Sugar Loaf Peak. We were like "yeahhh seriously one of the easiest 12er's ever. No prob" But maybe don't climb it after a wet weekend with snow still on the trail. Wasn't the smartest.

This concludes the best hike recap of 2016. Gonna go cry for the next couple of months while I wait for the snow to melt.