Gannett Peak

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Gannett Peak
Gannett Peak.jpg
Gannett Peak, west face, Bridger Wilderness, Bridger-Teton National Forest
Gannett Peak is located in Wyoming
Gannett Peak
Elevation 13,809 feet (4,209 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Location Fremont / Sublette counties, Wyoming, USA
Range Wind River Range
Prominence 7,076 feet (2,157 m) [2]
Parent peak Mount Elbert [3]
Coordinates 43°11′03.13″N 109°39′15.24″W / 43.1842028°N 109.6542333°W / 43.1842028; -109.6542333Coordinates: 43°11′03.13″N 109°39′15.24″W / 43.1842028°N 109.6542333°W / 43.1842028; -109.6542333 [1]
Topo map USGS Gannett Peak
First ascent 1922 by A. Tate and F. Stahlnaker
Easiest route rock/ice climb
Listing Ultra
U.S. state high point

Gannett Peak is the highest peak in the U.S. state of Wyoming and straddles the boundary between Fremont and Sublette Counties along the Continental Divide.

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Geographically, Gannett Peak is the apex of the entire Central Rockies; the largely continuous group of the chain occupying the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Named in 1906 for American geographer Henry Gannett,[4] the peak is also the highpoint of the Wind River Range. The mountain slopes are located in both Bridger-Teton National Forest and Shoshone National Forest. Gannett is the highest peak within what is better known as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The 896 acres (3.63 km2) Gannett Glacier, which is likely the largest single glacier in the American portion of the Rocky Mountains, flows down from the northern slopes of the mountain. Minor Glacier is situated in the western cirque of the peak while Dinwoody and Gooseneck Glaciers can be found on the southeast side of the mountain.

Gannett Peak is commonly climbed on a four to six day round-trip and is considered amongst mountaineers as second only to Alaska's Mount McKinley in difficulty of state high points. However, many climbers rank Gannett Peak behind both Mount McKinley and Montana's Granite Peak, which, in 1923, was the last state high point climbed.

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  1. ^ a b "Gannett Peak Cairn". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=OW0356. Retrieved 2008-12-05. 
  2. ^ "Gannett Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5352. Retrieved 2008-12-05. 
  3. ^ "America's 57 - The Ultras". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/USP5000.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 
  4. ^ Penry, Jerry (27 October 2007). "The Father of Government Mapmaking: Henry Gannett". American Surveyor. http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/4519/. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 

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Gannett Glacier on the north side of Gannett Peak.


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