Mount Hayden, or the Great Teton

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 · 1872

The highest peak in the Great Teton range, near the headwaters of Snake River, and lying upon the boundary between Idaho and Wyoming. It has an elevation of 13,858 feet above the sea, about 6,000 feet above the cañon shown in the view at the foot of the peak, and over 7,000 feet above Jackson's Lake, which stands under it on the opposite side. Our view is from the east, looking directly west. Although not the highest, it is the grandest and most alpine-like peak in the West. No others can show such abrupt angles and bold outlines, where snow even can rest only in small patches on the ledges. It gathers, however, in great masses in the bottom of the great cañon at our feet, 2,000 feet below. So far as known, it was ascended for the first time by Messrs. Stevenson and Langford, on the 29th of July, 1872. A full account of the exploit occurs in Scribner's Monthly for June, 1873. (Jackson, 1875)