The historic shelter near Emerald Lake, on Mount Timpanogos, was destroyed by record snowfall. Forest managers are now considering their options.
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While its condition has been dilapidating for some time, the shelter has finally become completely uninhabitable.
Whatever happens, this next chapter should prove a fascinating addition to an ongoing saga, and the relationship Utahns have with their state's natural treasures, symbolized so poignantly by the historic shelter near Emerald Lake — a simple structure that sits at an estimated 10,397-foot elevation in the middle of the Mount Timpanogos Wilderness in the Wasatch Mountains. It used to be able to shelter a dozen people along a typically rocky trail to the summit.
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