Wednesday, July 22, 2009
With rock jetting into the sky some 7,000 feet above the flat plains, the Grand Teton towers to a breathtaking 13,770 ft and is the highest mountain within Grand Teton National Park and the second highest peak in Wyoming. The rugged mountain scenery and diverse array of wildlife within the vast national park are carefully protected and monitored closely by park officials. The Teton Range is the focal point of the park, the youngest range in the Rocky Mountains. An active normal fault, the Teton Fault, lies on the 40 mile long mountain front.
Our party was led by Var & Corbin Snedaker with a total of seven climbers in our party, which included the following:
Jayson Bybee, 37 * Nolan Bybee, 34 * Brett Bybee, 30
Kari Snedaker, 24 * Ty Snedaker, 17
We met at the Lupine Meadows Trailhead (6,732 ft) at roughly 10am. With some of our packs a bit over-prepared and weighing as much as 65 lbs with climbing and camping gear, we began hiking the 8 mile 4,918 ft climb to the Lower Saddle (11,650 ft) where we would spend the night. We arrived at the Lower Saddle at roughly 5pm and set up camp and settled in early for what we hoped would be a good and full night's rest. We began our ascent from the Lower Saddle at roughly 7:30am and arrived at the Upper Saddle (13,100 ft) just before noon, summiting the Grand at around 1:00pm, after 2,120 additional feet of elevation gain in just two miles.
With rock jetting into the sky some 7,000 feet above the flat plains, the Grand Teton towers to a breathtaking 13,770 ft and is the highest mountain within Grand Teton National Park and the second highest peak in Wyoming. The rugged mountain scenery and diverse array of wildlife within the vast national park are carefully protected and monitored closely by park officials. The Teton Range is the focal point of the park, the youngest range in the Rocky Mountains. An active normal fault, the Teton Fault, lies on the 40 mile long mountain front.
Our party was led by Var & Corbin Snedaker with a total of seven climbers in our party, which included the following:
Jayson Bybee, 37 * Nolan Bybee, 34 * Brett Bybee, 30
Kari Snedaker, 24 * Ty Snedaker, 17
We met at the Lupine Meadows Trailhead (6,732 ft) at roughly 10am. With some of our packs a bit over-prepared and weighing as much as 65 lbs with climbing and camping gear, we began hiking the 8 mile 4,918 ft climb to the Lower Saddle (11,650 ft) where we would spend the night. We arrived at the Lower Saddle at roughly 5pm and set up camp and settled in early for what we hoped would be a good and full night's rest. We began our ascent from the Lower Saddle at roughly 7:30am and arrived at the Upper Saddle (13,100 ft) just before noon, summiting the Grand at around 1:00pm, after 2,120 additional feet of elevation gain in just two miles. 
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