Mount Moran
Mount Moran and Snake River
Mount Moran is a mountain in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Its highest peak is at an altitude of 3842 m. Was named the mountain after the painter Thomas Moran, who participated in 1871-72 at the Hayden expedition and its landscapes not insignificantly contributed to the launch of the neighboring Yellowstone National Park in 1872. There are several glaciers on the mountain, the most famous of which, the Skillet Glacier lies, clearly visible to the monolithic east wall. How Middle Teton in the same mountain range, the slope of Mount Moran by a striking basalt intrusion is characterized, which is known as the Black Dike.
Ascents
Mount Moran is very difficult to climb and is far less popular than the Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. There are no paths in this field entertain and most climbers take the canoe over the String Lake and Leigh Lake and then look for a way through the vegetation. Although the technically difficult part is relatively short, an ascent of Mount Moran therefore often takes several days to complete.
The first ascent was made on July 22, 1922 by LeGrand Hardy, Bennet McNulty and Ben C. Rich from Chicago Mountaineering Club on the skillet Glacier route. This route probably offers the simplest and most direct ascent to the summit. Their difficulty is valued according to the Yosemite Decimal System with 5.4. As the name suggests, the ascent via the Skillet Glacier and requires ice ax and crampons.
However, the most popular route is the CMC route, which was named after the Chicago Mountaineering Club. It is rated at 5.5 and leads over the east just south of the Black Dike. This route is mostly ice and snow free.
History
On November 21, 1950 C-47 cargo plane of the New Tribes Mission during a storm crashed on the mountain. All 21 passengers were killed. A rescue team led by the American mountaineer Paul Petzoldt was able to locate the aircraft on 25 November. However, the location of the crash made it impossible for a salvage of the aircraft or the bodies. The wreck is still located on the mountain. The National Park Service does not recommend an ascent of the site expressly.