East Temple Peak

East Temple Peak (exact height range is somewhere between ) is located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. East Temple Peak is a little over northeast of Temple Peak and west of Wind River Peak. A small glacier clings to the northeast slopes of East Temple Peak. East Temple Peak is in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Hazards

Encountering Bear danger, bears is a concern in the Wind River Range. There are other concerns as well, including Insect, bugs, wildfires, Classifications of snow, adverse snow conditions and Rocky Mountain National Park#Elevation, nighttime cold temperatures.

Importantly, there have been notable incidents, including accidental deaths, due to Mountaineering#Falls from rocks, falls from steep cliffs (a wikt:misstep, misstep could be fatal in this Yosemite Decimal System, class 4/5 terrain) and due to Mountaineering#Falling rocks, falling rocks, over the years, including 1993, 2007 (involving an experienced National Outdoor Leadership School, NOLS leader), 2015 and 2018. Other incidents include a seriously injured backpacker being airlifted near Pinedale, Wyoming, SquareTop Mountain in 2005, and a fatal hiker incident (from an apparent Accidental death, accidental fall) in 2006 that involved state search and rescue. The U.S. Forest Service does not offer updated aggregated records on the official number of fatalities in the Wind River Range.

References

Mountains of Wyoming
Mountains of Sublette County, Wyoming
Bridger–Teton National Forest

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