Mountain·United States

Mount Timpanogos

3,581m

Wasatch Range

Eric Ward from Provo, UT, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,581m
Prominence: 1,606m
Relief: 1,765mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 57°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: Oct–JunSee month by month ↓
Summit: 40.3906°N, 111.6464°W

Mountain in the Wasatch Range in Utah County, Utah, United States

Mount Timpanogos is a mountain in the Wasatch Range (United States). Its summit stands 3,581 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 1,606 m.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,816 m), it rises 1,765 m. The steepest side is the south-west face: 34° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 57° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Lindon, 8 km away at 1,415 m: 2,166 m below the summit.

Mount Timpanogos for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

7.3/10

Difficulty to the top

Mountain walk

Most path sections around the top are T3 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

1.5/2.53 waymarked routes and 36 path sections nearby
0.2/1.51 huts and shelters
2.0/22,166 m of ascent from the valley
1.4/1.51,606 m of prominence
1.5/1.59 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
0.6/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

5.3/10

2.5/436 km of downhill runs
0.4/1.511 ski lifts
0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
2.4/34 months of snow at about 1,915 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 7 km
Intermediate 16 km
Difficult 10 km
Expert 2 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,915 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from December to March (some years from November to March).

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

11 lifts · 20 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Mount Timpanogos

At the summit, snow from October to June. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,581 msnow from October to June	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,498 msnow from November to April	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Lindon1,415 msnow from December to February (some years from December to March)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow some of the time	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Mount Timpanogos, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 20 °C; on January nights it falls to about -20 °C. In 5 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 6,620 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, July is the driest month (19 mm) and December the wettest (68 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Lindon high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-11	-20	3	1,820	56	12	5.4
February	-9	-18	5	2,180	47	12	6.4
March	-4	-13	10	3,020	54	11	7.8
April	1	-10	15	3,700	63	12	8.6
May	7	-5	21	4,670	54	11	9.9
June	14	0	28	5,790	27	6	12.7
July	20	6	34	6,620	19	6	12.3
August	18	4	32	6,380	26	7	11.0
September	12	-1	26	5,470	38	6	9.8
October	3	-8	17	4,100	44	8	7.8
November	-5	-14	9	2,870	46	9	5.7
December	-11	-20	3	1,820	68	11	4.6

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,745 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. True scale: no vertical exaggeration.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Mount Timpanogos

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Mount Timpanogos seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

1mountain huts and shelters
T.E.R.T Station
7cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Red's Lift, Flathead Lift, Jake's Lift, Outlaw Express and 3 more
1ski areas
Sundance Resort
3waymarked hiking routes
Great Western Trail - Utah, Bear Canyon Spur Trail, Provo River Parkway
—via ferratas
41climbing crags and routes
Hard Rock, Escape Buttress, Membrane, B-52 and 37 more
1named glaciers
Timpanogos Glacier
14viewpoints
Slide Canyon Viewpoint, Primrose Overlook, Bob's Knob, Alumni Overlook and 10 more
35campsites
Little Mill Campground, BL - Bears Lair, Site 1, Site 2 and 31 more
11hotels, B&Bs and chalets
La Quinta Inn Orem, TownePlace Suites, Beckham Lodge, Fairfield Inn & Suites Provo Orem and 7 more
65restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

36 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Lindon8 km · 1,415 m
Pleasant Grove8 km · 1,409 m
Cedar Hills10 km · 1,511 m
Orem11 km · 1,455 m
American Fork13 km · 1,404 m
Alpine13 km · 1,509 m
Highland13 km · 1,518 m
Vineyard14 km · 1,379 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Across a meadow on Mount Timpanogos at Oquirrh Mountains, Aug 17 — An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0

Across a meadow on Mount Timpanogos at UTah Valley and Oquirrh Mountains, Aug 17 — An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-11	-9	-4	1	7	14	20	18	12	3	-5	-11
2020	+1.0	−0.2	−0.1	+0.8	+2.1	−0.7	+0.6	+3.6	+1.7	+1.9	+0.8	+0.8
2021	+1.8	−1.2	−0.1	+1.5	+1.8	+4.9	+2.0	−1.0	+1.6	−1.1	+2.6	+2.0
2022	+0.8	−0.3	+0.4	−0.3	−1.5	+1.3	+2.0	+0.3	+3.2	+2.0	−4.1	−0.1
2023	−2.1	−3.4	−6.0	−1.5	+1.5	−2.9	+1.3	−0.5	+0.6	+1.2	+1.3	+3.6
2024	+1.6	+1.2	−1.0	+1.0	−1.7	+2.9	+1.2	+1.1	+2.5	+4.8	−1.8	+3.6
2025	−0.7	+1.7	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+3.0	+1.0	+1.1	+1.6	+1.0	+4.4	+6.5

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q129705) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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