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Mount Whitecap
Mount Whitecap is located in Wyoming
Mount Whitecap
Mount Whitecap
Highest point
Elevation13,025 ft (3,970 m)[1]
Prominence580 ft (180 m)[1]
Geography
LocationSublette County, Wyoming, U.S.
Parent rangeWind River Range
Topo mapUSGS Gannett Peak
Climbing
First ascent1930 (Kenneth Henderson and Robert Underhill)[1]

Mount Whitecap (13,025 ft (3,970 m)) is located in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming.[3] Situated 2.25 mi (3.62 km) southwest of Gannett Peak, Mount Whitecap is in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest. Baby Glacier lies just to the east of the peak and Split Mountain is 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast.[3] Mount Whitecap is the 30th tallest peak in Wyoming.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Whitecap, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mount Whitecap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Gannett Peak, WY (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "Wyoming 13,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.