Mount Owen | |
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![]() The summit region of Mount Owen | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,933 ft (3,942 m)[1] |
Prominence | 688 ft (210 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 43°44′49″N 110°47′51″W / 43.74694°N 110.79750°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, U.S. |
Parent range | Teton Range |
Topo map | USGS Grand Teton |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1930 Fryxell and others |
Easiest route | Scramble class 5.1 |
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] 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] Several periods of glaciation have carved Mount Owen and the other peaks of the range into their current shapes.[4] Valhalla Canyon is situated on the west slopes of Mount Owen.