Teewinot - 12,326'
August 24, 2021
Snow
stopped us in our tracks at 10,700 ft on Mt Moran just two days before. Our
original plan was to climb a new route to us on the Grand Teton, but it too was
in poor condition and we did not have proper winter equipment to get down
safely. Laura and I altered our plans and chose to go to Teewinot mountain
instead.
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| Approaching Teewinot |
At a fairly easy climbing grade it would be okay if it was wet and
snowy. Even the easiest mountains in the Tetons are challenging with almost
6000 feet of elevation gain. This one is no different. We climbed the east face with a short variation out onto the east ridge for a few pitches of 5.5 climbing.
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| Justin in front of the Worshipper and the Idol as seen on the approach to Teewinot |
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| Easy climbing on the east ridge of Teewinot |
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| More climbing on the east ridge |
We summitted early and thought of continuing on to Mt. Owen but decided that we
were tired and not ambitious on this day.
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| Cool summit block on Teewinot |
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| View of Mount Owen. |
We instead searched for the tunnel
through Teewinot mountain, which we never did find.
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| Looking down the north face toward Cascade Canyon |
We hiked down and out and
were back to the car by mid afternoon. Ascent time to summit was roughly 5
hours.
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| Looking back at Teewinot through the smoke from the forest fires |
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