Ranger Peak, Mountain summit in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
Ranger Peak is an 11,360-foot (3,460 m) summit in the northern Teton Range of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. It stands slightly northwest of Colter Bay Village, across Jackson Lake, with Colter Canyon to the north and Waterfalls Canyon immediately southeast. Its top rises more than 4,500 feet (1,400 m) above Jackson Lake, and no maintained trails lead to it.
The peak received its name during early mapping efforts of Grand Teton National Park in the early 1900s. The name reflects the role of park rangers in exploring and documenting this mountain region.
The peak is named on maps of the northern Teton Range, and its slopes are known among local skiers for the couloir where Chris Onufer and Steve Romeo, both Jackson residents and expert skiers, died in an avalanche on March 7, 2012. No maintained trails lead to the summit; access is by off-trail hiking and scrambling.
There are no maintained trails anywhere on Ranger Peak; access is by off-trail hiking and scrambling, and the summit involves climbing more than 4,500 feet (1,400 m) above Jackson Lake. The peak lies across Jackson Lake from Colter Bay Village, with Colter Canyon to the north and Waterfalls Canyon immediately southeast. Plan for avalanche terrain on the north side, where a fatal slide occurred in March 2012.
On 7 March 2012, local Jackson residents and expert skiers Chris Onufer and Steve Romeo were killed by an avalanche on Ranger Peak. It started in a couloir on the north side of Waterfalls Canyon at about 10,300 ft (3,100 m) and ran more than 3,000 ft (910 m) down into the canyon.
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