Teton Range

The Teton Range forms a massive gneiss and granite wall in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming that runs from the Jackson area terminating roughly 35 miles to the north in the area of Jackson Lake. The Tetons are about 10 million years old, created over time by up-lift on the west side of a fault line that runs along the base of the range, and subsidence on the east side of that fault line - the valley floor. Three peaks comprise the most famous and middle section of the range. The range was first surveyed in the early 1870, with the highest of the highest or Grand Teton, a couple of hundred feet short of 14,000 feet. It was initially scaled a few years later.

The range is today part of Grand Teton National Park. The southern entrance to Yellowstone National Park is a few miles north on US 191. These two photos were taken in 2007 with a Canon AE-1. The photo of the three peaks was taken from US 191 just north of Jackson Hole looking west. The second photo is looking south from Colter Bay Village on Jackson Lake.