Some Pictures From Mid-June 2019
from various locations
Below the Double Chimney / Crawl
Upper Saddle
Belly Roll
Exit after Crawl by 1st Entrance of Double Chimney
US
Lower Saddle
Lower Saddle
Lower Saddle
View toward the Needle / Central Rib / Grand Teton's Upper Saddle / Exum Ridge (right side)
Main Drainage to Upper Saddle
Chockstone Chimney
Eye of the Needle (upper right), Middle Ledge of the Chockstone Chimney
Main Drainage - Owen-Spalding Couloir
Central Rib's Bench; Upper Western Rib at top left
Briggs' Slab on left
BS
left side of the Briggs' Slab
Looking up past the Central Ribs Bench (right)
Extension of Chockstone Chimney to the Lower Crossover to Wall Street (UXM route)
Looking back down the CC - camera tilted
Belly-Roll Almost
Eye of the Needle area
Access to the outside 'ledge' of the Briggs' Slab is just to right of constriction in drainage. BRA is on left side of constriction.
Looking down the Chockstone Chimney from just above the Briggs' Slab (rt side) / Belly Roll Almost (left side).
The extension of the Chockstone Chimney runs to the crest of the Central Rib. It takes you to the rib's Lower Crossover to reach Wall Street.
Central Rib's Bench
Dartmouth Basin
Looking toward Wall Street - UXM route
View northish after leaving the Black Rock Chimney along the Central Rib's western aspect
OS Couloir - main drainage
Upper Saddle
Crawl with virgin snow
Lost virginity
Climber exiting the Crawl
Climber below 1st Entrance
1st Entrance of DC
A column of snow about 5ft tall made it easy to climb the 1st entrance.
Open-V and Tunnel variations in DC
Looking down 2nd Entrance of Double Chimney
Looking at the top of the 1st Entrance of the Double Chimney
Looking down Open-V of Double Chimney
Climber exiting 1st Entrance of DC
Looking back at exit from DC
Bottom Owen Chimney
Climber in Owen Chimney
Climber in Sargent's Chimney
Climber below summit
Bradley & Taggart Lakes
Cascade Canyon
Jackson Lake - top, Jenny Lake, bottom right
Teewinot - top right
Middle Teton Glacier - mid-center
The Hourglass Couloir on Nez Perce - top right
Climbers just above Sargent's rap.
This is off route but it can certainly be used to reach the summit. All easy climbing with snow. This was training exercise.
Climbers in Sargent's Hidden Exit
Climbers descending OS Couloir
These climbers were on a training run and postholing down the drainage. It was not the safest line of descent. The Black Rock Chimney was a much better option on this day. Obviously, conditions change daily but it is unlikely that this couloir will be the safest option anytime soon as it warms up in the afternoon sun. It was nice and firm for an ascent in the morning, however. We went up the couloir on the ascent and down the BRC in the afternoon. The BRC has its own issues but you can find dry rock to climb along its entire length (with snow), and dry rock directly above and below it.
Owen-Spalding Couloir
Middle Teton
Tent on snow near Morainal Camping Zone
Approach up the Middle Teton Glacier's drainage - looking toward the Morainal Camping Zone / Lower Saddle
Morainal Camping Zone (dry rock bottom left) as seen from the Lower Saddle
Grand Teton as seen from the Lower Saddle's eastern aspect.
Grand Teton
Nez Perce in background. Middle Teton in foreground.
This is the area between the Morainal Camping Zone & the Meadows' Headwall. The Meadows' Camping Zone is in the background at the toe of the steep slopes.
Picture from atop the Meadows' Headwall looking toward the Meadows' Camping Zone
Meadows' Headwall
Meadows' Camping Zone at toe of slope
Approach between the Platforms & the Meadows' Camping Zones
Bradley Lake at the bottom of Garnet Canyon
Enjoy Safe Climbing