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Show The Alpine Loop I years. (Open May-September seven days a week. Open October-May weekends only. Night train and food available.) One more attraction you won't want to miss is the Sundance Resort. The resort, owned by Robert Red-ford, Red-ford, is located nine miles from the mouth of the canyon, U.S. 189. Sundance Sun-dance offers "year round" family fun, from skiing in the winter to hiking hik-ing and horseback riding in the summer. sum-mer. Sundance also offers the Tree Room Restaurant and Sundance Summer Theatre. (Phone 801-225-4100 or 801-225-4107.) The Alpine Loop is undoubtedly Utah's most popular scenic drive. It offers breathtaking views of the valley and canyon set against the rugged beauty of Mount Timpanogos Cave which is actually three separate caves connected by man-made man-made tunnels. Inside the cave, 1,200 feet above the canyon floor, you'll find hundreds of formations of delicately shaped and colored limestone. The, deposits are geologically very young, having begun to form when the caves were at the valley floor several hundreds of thousands of years ago. The cave is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from early June through September. (Cost is $1, 16 or over. The cave is located five miles east of Alpine on U-92.) Mount Timpandgos itself rises 11,957 feet above sea level and more , than 7,000 feet above Pleasant Grove at its foot. The most popular trail to ', its summit leads from Aspen Grove I and takes you five miles past a ! series of beautiful waterfalls, lakes , and the mile long Timpanogos j glacier. (Take U-146.) Cascade Springs is also located in - the area adjacent to Alpine Lood on U-92. The springs are quiet, with tree-lined walkways through nature's beautiful decor. The area is thick with ferns and aquatic plants and is well worth the side trip. Bridal Veil Falls is just minutes from the west entrance of Provo Canyon. Here you'll find the steepest aerial tramway in the world. The distance between terminals is 1,753 feet. The vertical drop of the waterfalls water-falls is over 600 feet. Open during the summer months only. (Phone 801-3784678.) But there is more than natural attractions at-tractions in the area. The Heber Creeper offers the adventure of an old time steam engine train ride. One depot is located at Bridal Veil Falls, the other is 18.2 miles to the northeast in Heber City, which houses a railroad museum. The Creeper has been operating for 80 |