📜 Highest peak in Wyoming, part of the Wind River Range.
🔍 Known for its challenging alpine mountaineering and remote location.
⛰️ Scale Wyoming's highest point
🏞️ Experience demanding backcountry hikes with stunning views
🧊 Explore large glaciers, including Gannett Glacier
🚶♂️ Premier wilderness mountaineering trip
⚠️ Extremely remote, no cell service, medical/rescue far away
💰 Access via Wind River Indian Reservation requires guide and trespass fee
🏔️ Strenuous 20+ mile approach, high altitudes, glacier travel, rock scrambling
⛈️ Unpredictable weather, including snow any day, afternoon thunderstorms, dangerous lightning
🗓️ Best climbing months: late June, July, August, early September
🎒 Bring ropes, ice axe, crampons, first aid kit, bear-proof food storage
🗺️ Plan minimum 3-5 days, allow time for acclimatization
👨🏫 Novices advised to hire guides
💰 Reservation Trespass fee per day and guide hire required for Ink Wells Trail (upwards of $300 per person as of 2011).
Trailheads accessible from Dubois, Pinedale, or Green River Lakes FS campground.
Last updated 28 days ago
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