Elk Mountain, Mountain summit in Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, United States.
Elk Mountain is a 10,720-to-10,800-foot peak in the northern Teton Range, inside Grand Teton National Park in Teton County, Wyoming. It sits on a ridge immediately west of Owl Peak and rises above Webb Canyon, a few kilometres west of the east shore of Jackson Lake. It is the northernmost summit in the Teton Range above 10,000 feet; north of it the Tetons give way to the Yellowstone Plateau.
Elk Mountain lies in the northern Teton Range of Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, and is the northernmost peak in the range above 10,000 feet (3,000 m). The sources record no naming history, no Sioux connection and no Native American events for this summit; north of it the Tetons give way to the Yellowstone Plateau.
Elk Mountain is the northernmost peak of the Teton Range above 3,000 metres, rising west of Owl Peak above Webb Canyon, a few kilometres west of Jackson Lake's eastern shore. No marked trail leads to the summit, so climbers approach it as a remote, unmarked objective within Grand Teton National Park.
No marked trails lead to the summit; the approach is off-trail through the Webb Canyon area west of Jackson Lake. The peak lies in the northern Teton Range, and the nearest road access is along the Jackson Lake shoreline. Snow lingers on the upper slopes into summer.
Elk Mountain is the northernmost peak in the Teton Range above 10,000 feet (3,000 m); beyond it the Tetons give way to the Yellowstone Plateau. It rises just west of Owl Peak, above Webb Canyon and a few kilometres from the east shore of Jackson Lake.
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