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 John Daly and Tom Stubbins pre-flight.  At about 11,400 feet looking east at the 600 foot walls of Lone Peak.  The Lone Peak Cirque is home to many well known multi-pitch climbing routes From right to left - The Flying Buttress, Summit Wall, South Summit Wall, The Question Mark Wall, and The Hyperform Wall. 
Lone Peak at the head of Bell's Canyon. In the foreground is Big Willow Cirque. In the far background is Box Elder Peak.  Big Willow Cirque  Bell's Canyon clearing and Alpine Ridge. 
Most of the Alpine Ridge, from Alta to American Fork Twin Peaks, Red Baldy, White Baldy, and The Pfeifferhorn.  Jordanelle Reservoir  Utah Olympic Sports Park  Heber  American Fork Twin Peaks from the south.  Mount Nebo 11,928' from the north.  The Pfeifferhorn in the foreground and Mount Superior and Monte Cristo in the background.  A view of most of the Wasatch. The nearest ridge is the Olympus Ridge with Gobbler's Knob and Mount Raymond.  Millcreek Ridge, Olympus Ridge, Cottonwood Ridge, Alpine Ridge.  Gobbler's Knob 10,246' at the head of Alexander Basin, next is Mount Raymond 10,241'  Mount Raymond and Wildcat Ridge. You can see Mount Timpanogos in the far distance. The reflection of the airplane window is visible on the right.  Mount Olympus and Twin Peaks above the Salt Lake Valley.  Salt lake City in front of the Foothills  Newly reconstructed I-15 interchange.  The Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island. Above are the lake effect clouds that like to block the sun from hitting the Wasatch. Big Cottonwood Canyon Areas  Twin Peaks form the west, the obvious gully is the head of Deaf Smith Canyon North Fork.  Looking east down Twin Peaks and Cottonwood Ridge. Storm Mountain is the ridge on the lower left.  Storm Mountain, Stairs Gulch, Broads Fork, Mill D South, and Mineral Fork.  Looking east up Big Cottonwood Canyon, you can see: Broads Fork, Mill D South Fork, Mineral Fork, and Kessler Peak - in the middle.  Looking straight down into Big Cottonwood Canyon. You can clearly see Storm Mountain Island at the bottom.  East of Mount Olympus is Wildcat Ridge, one of the burliest mountaineering hikes in the Wasatch. 
Looking east down Olympus Ridge, you can see Wildcat Ridge, Thaynes Peak, Mount Raymond, Gobblers Knob and the entire Brighton area in the far back. Timpanogos Area  The Cascade Mountain limestone tiers viewed from above.  Cascade mountains behind Mount Timpanogos.  Aspen Grove Ampitheater, Timpanogos Peak is on the right.  Aspen Grove Ampitheater, this peak looks like it has a little station at the top but it is just snow.  The Timpanogos Ridge, Mount Timpanogos is in the middle.   Timpanogos Peak - 11,750'  Timpanogos Peak from the south.
 Special Thanks to John Daly and Tom Stubbins
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