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Owen-Spalding route; Location: Grand Teton, Wyoming, U.S.: Coordinates: 1]: Climbing area: Teton Range: Route type: Alpine: Vertical gain: 2,175 ft (663 m): Pitches: 1: Rating: 5.4: Grade: III: First ascent: William O. Owen, Franklin Spalding, Frank Peterson, and John Shive: First free ascent: August 11, 1898: The Owen-Spalding route is a rock climbing route on Grand Teton (13,775 feet (4,199 ...
Grand Teton is the highest mountain of the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park at 13,775 feet (4,199 m) [2] in Northwest Wyoming.Below its north face is Teton Glacier.The mountain is a classic destination in American mountaineering via the Owen-Spalding route (II, 5.4), the North Ridge and North Face.
Mount Owen (12,933 feet (3,942 m)) is the second highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] The peak is named after William O. Owen , who organized the first documented ascent of the Grand Teton in 1898. [ 4 ]
William Octavius Owen (1859–1947) was a surveyor and civil engineer. [1] On August 11, 1898, William Owen organized the first ascent of Grand Teton which at 13,775 feet (4,199 m)) is the highest peak in the Teton Range, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [2]
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[146] [147] From the Lower Saddle, climbers often follow the Owen-Spalding or Exum Ridge routes to the top of Grand Teton though there are 38 distinct routes to the summit. [140] The north face route to the summit of Grand Teton is a world-renowned climb involving a dozen distinct pitches and is rated at grade 5.8 in difficulty for the 3,000 ...
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The Upper Exum Ridge Route is the upper section of a technical rock climbing up the Grand Teton's Exum Ridge in Wyoming. [1]The route and ridge is named after Glenn Exum who pioneered the climb, via a solo ascent, on a day when his mentor Paul Petzoldt was guiding a couple up the original Owen-Spaulding Route.