Team ("TERT") has been established on the mountain on weekends to provide first aid, rescue and communication. The Timpanogos Glacier is one of the major sources of injury or death to hikers on Timpanogos, particularly when some attempt to "glissade" (or slide rapidly) down the snowfield's surface with the assistance of a shovel or other device to save time descending. There have been many cases of injuries from buried rocks under the snow as well. There have been numerous life flight rescues on the mountain, often caused by this activity. The frequency of these rescues, however, greatly diminished once TERT was established. Folklore In the early 1900s Eugene Lusk "Timp" Roberts, a professor at Brigham Young University, initiated an annual hike and pageant intended to "sell Timpanogos to the world." One way was to craft his take on native people's folklore. Some observers believe the ridgeline of Mount Timpanogos superficially resembles a sleeping woman. Roberts wrote his folk tale of the maiden Utahna and her sacrifice to her gods with this as the launch point, with one version the basis for a ballet. See also List of Ultras of the United States Mount Timpanogos Wilderness Timpanogos Cave National Monument References External links A Biotic Study of Mount Timpanogos by Vasco M. Tanner, MSS 8552 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Summitpost page for Mount Timpanogos - hiking and climbing routes, history, etc. Hiking Mount Timpanogos Safely page - information on hiking the summit routes safely, maps, etc. Mountains of Utah Mountains of Utah County, Utah Tourist attractions in Utah County, Utah Uinta National Forest Wasatch Range