Tetons, Wyoming, Summer 2007

My pal Ken and I took a month during summer 2007 to climb in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; Grand Teton National Park, WY; and Bugaboo Glacier Provincial Park, BC.  We sort of stopped off in the Tetons on our way from Colorado to BC.  To minimize approaches and maximize our time up high we decided to do a traverse of Teewinot, Owen and The Grand.  Planned to do it in three days but brought enough food for four in case we were having too much fun and wanted to stay longer.  Ha.  Little did we know.

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The Grand, Owen, Teewinot (L to R)

Approaching treeline on Teewinot. Ascent of Teewinot is a moderate scramble.

Looking down toward Jackson Hole

On top of Teewinot with Owen and The Grand in background

The Grand and Owen from Teewinot

The Grand from Owen-Teewinot ridge

Looking back to Teewinot. Route descends from prominent notch to R of summit

Bivy site near Owen summit

Bivy site near Owen summit

The Grand from Owen.

Our next bivy is top of The Grandstand, the prominent, sloping feature just to my left.

We traveled pretty light with small rack, bivy bags, no stove

Lots of up and down on this route. Lack of snow really slowed us down--too much scrambling over rubble

On top of Grandstand. Weather deteriorating.

Beautiful views between storms. We were stuck here for two nights and a day with wave after wave of thunderstorms

Another break between storms

View of Mt. Owen

Major part of route from Teewinot (background) to Owen (foreground)

Hail accumulating on my bivy bag

Finally able to escape.

After second night on Grandstand we raced up and around to Broadway ledge and got the heck out of there. Thunder already audible; rained like hell all the way down from Lower Saddle.

 

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