The Lower Exum Ridge Route is the lower section of a technical
rock climbing route up the
Grand Teton
Grand Teton is the highest mountain in Grand Teton National Park, in Northwest Wyoming, and a classic destination in American mountaineering.
Geography
Grand Teton, at , is the highest point of the Teton Range, and the second highest peak in ...
's
Exum Ridge
The Exum Ridge is the name of a prominent rock buttress on the Grand Teton, the high point of the Teton Range in Wyoming. Grand Teton towers 13,770 feet above Jackson Hole, with an ascent of 6,700 feet which by any route requires a combination ...
in
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...
. This section is often bypassed on hiking terrain by climbers who wish to do only the technically easier
Upper Exum Ridge Route
The Upper Exum Ridge Route is the upper section of a technical rock climbing up the Grand Teton's Exum Ridge in Wyoming.
The route and ridge is named after Glenn Exum who pioneered the climb, via a solo ascent, on a day when his mentor Paul Petz ...
. The complete route is listed as the Direct Exum Ridge Route in ''
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America''.
[Ortenburger, Leigh N. & Jackson, Reynold G. (1996) ''A Climbers Guide to the Teton Range'' Third edition, Seattle: The Mountaineers. ]
References
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External links
summitpost.orgmountainproject.com
Traditional climbing routes
Grand Teton National Park