Angle Mountain (Wyoming)
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 Angle Mountain (center) from the southeast. |
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| height | 3237 m | |
| location | Teton County , Wyoming , USA | |
| Mountains | Southern Absaroka Range , Rocky Mountains | |
| Notch height | 195 m | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 49 '21 " N , 110 ° 8' 56" W | |
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The Angle Mountain ( 3237 m ) is a mountain in the southern Absaroka Range in the Rocky Mountains . It is located in Teton County in the state of Wyoming northwest of Togwotee Pass and lies on the southern edge of the Teton Wilderness , which is part of the Bridger-Teton National Forest is. On the USGS map, an area point east of the summit at an altitude of 3,197 m is incorrectly shown as a summit.
Location and surroundings
The Angle Mountain is located about 7 kilometers east of Togwotee Overlooks , a lookout point on Highway 26 / 287 northwest of Togwotee Pass . North of the mountain is the valley of the South Buffalo Forks , south of the Blackrock Creek , in which the highway runs. To the west of the mountain there are no longer any higher mountains up to the Teton Range, about 50 kilometers away . To the east from the summit, the Breccia Cliffs can be seen, the steep, western flanks of the Buffalo Fork Peaks ( 3447 m ) and the Breccia Peaks ( 3356 m ).
geology
In the area of the mountain there are rocks from the Phosphoria Formation to the stratigraphic unit called Flathead Sandstone , as well as gneiss from the late Archean . In the saddle between Angle Mountain and the southeast lying Breccia Peak there is a long, irregular, intrusive rock body made of glassy flow-banded rhyodacite porphyry , which shows only slight hydrothermal alteration .
Alpinism
Running from the south of the mountain Highway 26 / 287 can be achieved both the mountain from the west and from the east.
When climbing from the west, you start at the Togwotee Overlook , a lookout point about 15 kilometers west of the Togwotee Pass. From the vantage point, turn north to the remains of an old fence. There you turn east into the forest and climb in serpentines in the west flank of the mountain, whereby there are different path tracks. You reach the ridge of the mountain and follow it further east, crossing several pre-peaks or immediately.
The ascent from the east begins about 8 kilometers west of the Togwotee Pass at a parking lot, which is also the starting point of the Holmes Cave Trail. Follow the latter trail north for about 4 kilometers, mainly over meadows and almost forest-free terrain. One reaches an edge of the terrain that represents the boundary of the Teton Wilderness and can be recognized by numerous marker poles. From here it goes pathless to the west. First you descend into a depression, then you cross a nameless summit about 3,170 m high or bypass it on its southern flank. From this nameless peak you can see the rest of the way to Angle Mountain, about three kilometers away. It goes with some up and down in the direction of the gradually more rugged summit ridge of the mountain. The rugged last part of this ridge can be easily avoided in the southern flank and thus reach a notch to the west of the main summit. From there it goes a few meters east to the wide summit plateau of the main summit of Angle Mountain. This easy hike takes about 3 hours from the starting point.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Angle Mountain at listsofjohn.com, accessed December 24, 2017
- ↑ a b c Angle Mountain at summitpost.org, accessed December 24, 2017
- ↑ a b JC Antweiler, JD Love, Harold J. Prostka, Dolores M. Kulik, Lennart A. Anderson, Frank E. Williams, Jimmie E. Jinks, Thomas D. Light (US Geological Survey / US Bureau of Mines): Mineral Resources of the Teton Wilderness and Adjacent Areas, Teton, Fremont, and Park Counties, Wyoming. US Geological Survey Bulletin 1781, United States Government Printing Office, 1989 ( online ), Plate 1
Web links
- Angle Mountain at summitpost.org