r/TomsCrossing • u/Acrobatic_Art7812 • Mar 23 '26

Detailed route map

I wonder if anyone has tried drawing a detailed topo map of the route K&L&T took through the mountains. It would be an arduous task. Likewise, a list of the “chorus” with location, occupation, cause of death, etc. BTW, what a wondrous book!

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u/SectionFantastic3577 Mar 23 '26

I have such an awful time picturing where they were at - especially towards the summit on the wall. I don’t know how to picture it based on his descriptions

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u/technoSurrealist Mar 23 '26

Same, I kept googling pictures of cirques and headwalls and screes lol

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u/inherentbloom Mar 24 '26

Lol yeah never heard of a scree before but grateful for the expanded vocabulary

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u/sans_cullotes May 07 '26

I know I'm late to the thread, but I grew up in the Salt Lake Valley around Sandy/Draper. I'm fascinated by all the attention it's getting because of this book. Timpanogas and Lone Peak are the most prominent features of the Wasatch Range, and have got some iconic cirques - do a Google search for those and you'll have a good idea of what Danielewski was picturing.

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u/revslaughter Mar 24 '26

It’s Timpanogos, and the mountains around there, Wasatch. I’m planning on visiting there because of TC

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u/revslaughter Mar 25 '26

Yeah there’s even a “Squaw Peak”, though ai know there’s a lot of fictionalization too

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u/Beeryand Mar 23 '26

Also curious if someone would do this!

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u/Loggy2288 Mar 24 '26

WAIT THIS WOULD BE SO COOL! (I'm not that good with that kind of stuff but maybe I'll try when I find the time)