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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 .
Grand Teton National Park is a national park of the United States in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (1,300 km 2), the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole.
The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It extends for approximately 40 miles (64 km) in a north–south direction through the U.S. state of Wyoming, east of the Idaho state line. It is south of Yellowstone National Park, and most of the east side of the range is within Grand Teton National Park.
Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the Teton Range Grand Teton National Park, the United States National Park situated around the range; Teton Pass, a high mountain pass located at the southern end of the Teton Range; Teton River (Idaho), a river near the Teton Range Teton Dam, a dam in the Teton River that collapsed soon after it was built
Mount Owen is part of the Cathedral Group of high Teton peaks, a collection of peaks in the central section of the range that are particularly rugged. The 40-mile (64 km) long Teton Range is the youngest mountain chain in the Rocky Mountains , and began its uplift 9 million years ago, during the Miocene . [ 5 ]
Teewinot Mountain (12,330 feet (3,758 m)) is the sixth highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. [3] The name of the mountain is derived from the Shoshoni word meaning "many pinnacles". [citation needed] The peak is northeast of the Grand Teton, and the two are separated from one another by the Teton Glacier and Mount ...
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 ...
Static Peak (11,308 feet (3,447 m)) is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] Located .48 miles (0.77 km) southeast of Buck Mountain, the summit is also east of the Alaska Basin Trail, from a point known as Static Peak Divide, the summit can be climbed in a scramble.