Teton Range Climber's Log
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| dmat228 | A southern mountain man on top of the Grand  Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2012 | |
| I am a southern boy born and raised in the states of Florida and Georgia. When I moved to Idaho to go to college in 2005 and saw the Rocky mountains for the first time I immediately knew that I would be a mountaineer. Besides my basic experience top-roping and rapelling in the Blue Ridge mountains of Georgia, I had never undertaken to climb any of the jagged peaked mountains that I had marveled at since my first glimpse of the Rockies in 2005. Briefly stated, I was underprepared for this climb. I hiked up Garnet Canyon and arrived at the meadows around 3 PM and had dinner, then explored around and talked with some of the people who were coming down from the peaks to their campsites in the meadows. I woke up around 4 A.M. and started up the trail to the saddle of the Grand and actually made it. When I caught up with a few guides on the saddle they told me that to make it all the way to the saddle in the dark, without a guide and for the first time ever was a pretty admirable feat.I kept going up the trail and ended up on my own again because most of the people going up were part of various guided groups, and they were going too slow. I ended up following a little stream of water that trickled from the upper saddle all the way down to the waterfall between the middle and the Grand. This is apparently not the prescribed route for the traditional Ownen-Spalding Route, but I didn't know or care. all I knew was I had to go up. So I eventually made it up the the corkscrew, I think it is called, and just made the moves un-roped after the guided groups got out of the way. I got to a point where I realized that what I was doing was way out of my league, but I couldn't turn back. I thought I was really up the creek without a paddle and I didn't know what to do, then a really nice Mountain Guide from Exum named Dave Bower let me use his harness and rappel down his line back to the upper saddle. Dave and his guys waited for me and I wnet back down the proper O-S route back to the bottom. I want to dedicate this, my first mountaineering trip to Dave Bowers for being such a good guy and helping me out. | ||
| Posted May 30, 2013 10:45 pm | ||
| reboyles | The Tetons Date Climbed: Aug 8, 1973 | |
| I first climbed the Grand in 1973 and came back almost every summer through 1990. During those years we climbed the Grand, Moran, Storm Point, Baxter's, Symmetry Spire, Teewinot and attempted many others. On my first trip to the Grand the visible trail ended at the caves above Garnet Canyon. My how things have changed. | |
| Posted May 20, 2013 6:13 pm | ||
| Larry Laverty | Center of the Universe Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2008 | |
| Ever since the numerous visits as a kid with the folks on the 'ol summer vacations, I've been attracted to this place. I come just about every year. I've scrambled, I've bouldered, and I've hiked but regret that back in the day when I was into rock I didn't do one of the legendary climbs. Like the Black Hills of SD, this place feels like the center of the universe to me. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2013 10:56 pm | ||
| WOLFrising | The mountains finally called | |
| Summer 2008 to Fall 2009 After a roadtrip from Texas to Alaska, I kept thinking of the Tetons as a highlight. Eventually I moved there, and my love affair with the mountains began. Even though mostly a hiker there, my climbing habit slowly arose. Mt. St. John did something to me! | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2013 12:38 pm | ||
| mtneering | Teton Tour | |
| many high points here | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2013 9:47 pm | ||
| SenadR | Special place | |
| Every trip to Grand Teton is special, this place rocks, most beautiful range in lower states. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2012 12:10 am | ||
| TimB | Summer 2012 Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2012 | |
| Spent a week in the Tetons in Aug and Sep. Climbed the Grand and Cube point. Loved it, planning on doing many more climbs in the range, as it is only ~250 miles from my home. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2012 10:33 am | ||
| MissingHusky | Summer of '96 | |
| I lived at the entrance of the Grand Teton NP in 1996 and spent 3-4 days/week up in the backcountry - mountaineering, climbing, exploring and summiting the peaks. Talk about heaven on earth! Really, you must go. | |
| Posted Jan 18, 2012 10:59 pm | ||
| brucelacroix | The Grand Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2010 | |
| Spent a week here in 2010. Climbed the complete Exum, Baxter Pinnacle, and a couple others. | ||
| Posted Jul 12, 2011 8:49 am | ||
| desainme | June-July 1983 | |
| Lots of snow in summer 1983 perhaps not so different from 2011 | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2011 11:40 pm | ||
| kpthomson | Grand Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2006 | |
| Pownall-Gilkey Route, had to bail at Briggs slab. Fellow climber had breathing issues. managed to climb Red Sentinel and ???? | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2011 12:53 pm | ||
| Hotoven | Great looking Mountians Date Climbed: Jul 29, 1995 | |
| I have been here twice so far, once in 1995, and the other in 2005. I did hiking and camping in the mountains. nothing serious, but still a fun time! | |
| Posted May 16, 2011 6:58 pm | ||
| mike_lindacher | Icons | |
| Paintbrush Peak at the tail end of the Teton Crest Trail | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2011 5:15 pm | ||
| chewbachman | Amazing! Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2010 | |
| The view of Grand Teton from Inspiration Point was amazing! What an amazing trip. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2011 4:30 am | ||
| CJBallard | Middle Teton Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2004 | |
| Great Day | ||
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 11:06 pm | ||
| CJBallard | South Teton Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| Good climb | ||
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 11:05 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Middle Teton, Southwest Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2003 | |
| Climbed with Kelly before continuing on our way to Yellowstone National Park. Nice scrambling near the summit with excellent views of the valley and the Idaho State side. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 8:14 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | america's finest | |
| have visited this majestic range the past two summers(2009, 2010) for climbs of the grand teton, nez perce and owen. i'm in love with this range and all it has to offer a mountaineer! there's so much to do up there and i'm almost overwhelmed by the quantity of quality climbing in this range. it's a significant change in pace to what we're offered in colorado. jamie | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2011 12:45 am | ||
| rasgoat | Oh Yeah | |
| Magic | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2011 4:58 am | ||
| SKI | Damn! Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2010 | |
| Glad the Sierras prepped me for this! | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2010 12:13 am | ||
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