WYOMING WHISKEY: Grand Teton Climb August 26, 2015

The Grand Teton's Owen-Spalding Route

August 26th, 2015

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Time Splits:
Lupine Meadows Trailhead 4:41 pm, Total Time 00:00, Delta: 00:00
Bradley Lake Junction: 5:09 pm, TT: 00:27.9, Delta: 00:27.9
Amphitheater Lake Junction: 5:34 pm, TT: 00:52.9, Delta: 00:24.9
Garnet Canyon's Meadows' Sign: 6:04 pm, TT: 01:23, Delta: 00:29.9
Lower Saddle Sign: 7:09 pm, TT: 02:28, Delta: 01:05
Grand Teton Summit: 8:20 pm, TT: 03:39, Delta: 01:10.9
3 hours 39 minutes from the trailhead to the summit.

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Our times are walking times - no running or jogging. Sometimes we walk very fast, sometimes we don't. Conditions were outstanding. It was mostly t-shirt weather all the way to the summit. We left Lupine Meadows at 4:41 pm. It was 86°F. Our fastest round-trip from the Lower Saddle to the summit & back is 1.5 hours. It took us 1:11 just to get to the summit on Tuesday. We took more time getting back down than going up. When you're tired and you have momentum working with gravity, you need to be extra careful while descending.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=43.739&lon=-110.8018&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical

The weather forecast for the Lower Saddle on August 25th-26th.
We never had any rain or lightning.

http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=TETWY&unit=0&time=LOCAL&product=&year1=&month1=&day1=00&hour1=00&hours=24&graph=1&past=0&order=1

Lower Saddle Temperatures August 25 & 26th.

http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/Webcams/parks/grtecam/grte_datatimelines.cfm#svr

Visual Range ending Aug 26th, 2015

The Grand Teton on August 25th

Start time after work.

The time splits noted above are the from the time stamps on the photos. We stopped to take just over 100 photos before reaching the summit. We canned 217 photos in total during our 8:03 hour round-trip.

Middle Teton
Meadows Camping Zone

Petzoldt's Caves

East Face of the Grand Teton

Lower Saddle as seen from the Moraines

The Fixed Rope

We left the hiking poles at the Fixed Rope and waited while an injured climber was coming down. It was another blown knee. Exum Mountain Guides braced the injured climber's leg and provided assistance getting down the Fixed Rope. The young lady was not their client. This was the second blown knee that we have seen this summer. Ankles and knees take a beating.