The Gros Ventre Range ( ) is part of the
Central Rocky Mountains and is located west of the
Continental Divide in
U.S. state
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of
Wyoming
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. The highest summit in the range is
Doubletop Peak at .
The Gros Ventre Range is mostly within the
Gros Ventre Wilderness of
Bridger–Teton National Forest. To the northwest of the range lies the valley known as
Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, one of the richest counties in the Unit ...
.
Snow King ski resort is in the range adjacent to the town of
Jackson, Wyoming. Also in the Gros Ventre Range is the
Gros Ventre landslide, which in 1925 slid down the north slope of
Sheep Mountain.
Tallest peaks in the range
*1.
Doubletop Peak
*2.
Black Peak
*3.
Darwin Peak
*4.
Antoinette Peak
*5.
Tosi Peak
*6.
Sheep Mountain
*7.
Gros Peak
*8.
Pinnacle Peak
*9.
Jackson Peak
Jackson Peak is a peak, 1,255 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Sumrall Peak in the Cordiner Peaks, Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956 ...
*10.
Mount Leidy
Cited references
Landforms of Teton County, Wyoming
Ranges of the Rocky Mountains
Bridger–Teton National Forest
Mountain ranges of Wyoming
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