Mount Moran

Mount Moran
Aerial view of Mount Moran from the east
Highest point
Elevation12,610 ft (3,840 m)[1]
Prominence2,605 ft (794 m)[1]
Coordinates43°50′07″N 110°46′35″W / 43.83528°N 110.77639°W / 43.83528; -110.77639[2]
Geography
Parent rangeTeton Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Moran
Climbing
First ascentLeGrand Hardy, Bennet McNulty, and Ben C. Rich, July 22, 1922
Easiest routeCMC Face class 5.4

Mount Moran (12,610 feet (3,840 m)) is a mountain in Grand Teton National Park of western Wyoming, USA.[3] The mountain is named for Thomas Moran, an American western frontier landscape artist. Mount Moran dominates the northern section of the Teton Range rising 6,000 feet (1,800 m) above Jackson Lake.[4] Several active glaciers exist on the mountain with Skillet Glacier plainly visible on the monolithic east face. Like the Middle Teton in the same range, Mount Moran's face is marked by a distinctive basalt intrusion known as the Black Dike.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Moran, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  2. ^ "Mount Moran". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. ^ Mount Moran, WY (Map). TopoQwest / United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  4. ^ "Hayden Expedition". Wyoming Tales and Trails. Retrieved 10 October 2010.