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Mount Helen (Wyoming)

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Topo map
  
USGS Gannett Peak

Prominence
  
250 m

Parent range
  
Wind River Range

Elevation
  
4,151 m

Mountain range
  
Wind River Range

Mount Helen (Wyoming) wwwsummitpostorgimagesoriginal132084JPG

Location
  
Sublette County, Wyoming, U.S.

First ascent
  
1924 by Herman Buhl and Albert Ellingwood

Similar
  
Wind River Range, Mount Woodrow Wilson, Fremont Peak, Downs Mountain, Jackson Peak

Mount Helen (13,626 feet (4,153 m)) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the fourth highest peak in the range and the fifth tallest in Wyoming. The summit is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, immediately west of the Continental Divide. The eastern flanks of the mountain are covered in snowfields and glaciers, including Helen and Sacagawea Glaciers, all of which are in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest.

Contents

Map of Mt Helen, Wyoming 82925, USA

Notable Ascents

  • 1974 Northwest Ridge of the First Tower, NCCS III F8 A1, 11 pitches. FA by Dean Hannibal, Dennis Turville and Lynn Wheeler.
  • References

    Mount Helen (Wyoming) Wikipedia