The Tetons
The Tetons are a relatively small mountain range but full of potential for the artist. I have travelled them north to south, top to bottom, and am always amazed at the variety. From a mountain summit in the Tetons there are always other peaks nearby that help to fill up the space in the foreground, and provide contrast to the distant valley below.
Surprise Lake Pinnacle
The first time I went up to this pinnacle was with my brother Drew and his wife Mary in the 70s. I was recently visiting the jenny Lake ranger station talking with ranger George Montopli. I asked what his favorite view was, and he said the Suprise Lake Pinnacle. I later went up and camped at Surprise Lake.
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View from the Third Switchback, Garnet Canyon Trail
The trees thin out and the the wildflowers take over at this altitude. The balsam root reign supreme in swaths of brilliant yellow.
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Teton Canyon Spring
On the west side of the Tetons you have a different view than in the Jackson Hole side. This is the view that the first trappers, explorers and surveying parties had of the Grand.
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Mountaineer’s Dawn
To the right is Mount Owen and to the left is Jackson Hole with virga, the isolated showers common to the West, marching across the Valley.
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Dawn on the Grandstand
I returned to complete the North Ridge of the Grand in summer of 2017. The climb up to the Grandstand is the crux of this route, with over 6,000 feet of elevation gain from Jenny Lake.
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Table Mountain Summit View, Evening
I’d spent the night on Table Mountain 4 different times so that I could capture the evening and morning light. As an artist I was absolutely compelled by a description by Table Mountain’s first recorded ascentionist, William Henry Jackson.
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Valhalla Canyon
Hiking into Valhalla Canyon, Alison and I were desperately grabbing at bushes and roots to claw our way up a steep hanging glacier moraine.
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Surprise Lake View of Jackson Hole
Looking down towards the valley from Surprise Lake. The Snake River can be seen winding through Antelope Flats. From here you can ascend Disappointment Peak.
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Table Mountain Sunrise
This is the view from Table Mountain looking towards the Grand Teton. The pastel study was done at dawn, with Eric Randall filming for the Plein Air Film Project.
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CMC Camp, Mt Moran
Here is one of the most beautiful campsites in the Tetons. Below is Leigh Lake and further right are String and Jenny lakes.
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Upper Saddle of the Grand Teton
Mountains are something religious and divine. They show that there is a possibility to go from earth to heaven,” Reinhold Messner
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Cascade Canyon, with Mount Owen
Following Cascade Creek into the heart of the Tetons there are views reminiscent of the Swiss Alps; the greenery, the stream, the upward sweep to the lofty summits above. In this painting Mount Owen dominates and the Grand is seen to the left of it.
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View from the Summit of the Grand Teton
You cannot stay on the summit forever; You have to come down again… So why bother in the first place? Just this: what is above knows what is below; But what is below does not know what is above.
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Snowdrift Lake
To get to Snowdrift Lake you have to bushwhack up Avalanche Canyon since there is no trail. Deep in the Canyon, up against a sedimentary cliff called the “Wall” you’ll find this gem of an alpine lake, rarely visited.
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Grand Teton, Emerging From Clouds
The Grand Teton emerging from clouds. The Grand may seem benign in the warm summer months, but the range can turn hostile very quickly.
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Drizzlepuss Dusk, Mt. Moran
The view looking south from Mount Moran. The Drizzlepuss is a formation that separates the climbing route from the East Face proper.
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Falling Ice Glacier, Mt Moran
A view of the Falling Ice glacier taken from the CMC Route. Mount Moran dominates the northern end of the Teton Range, and you can usually find a climbing route without the normal hustle and bustle of the tourist season.
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Upper Saddle View of the Grand Teton, Evening
Paul Petzoldt and Glen Exum were taking clients up the Owen Spaulding Route in 1931 when Paul suggested to Glen that he “go over and see if the ledge would go.” Exum completed the climb and returned the same night to play a gig with his band in Jackson.
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Alpenglow on the South Teton
This view is from the Petzoldt Caves above Garnet Canyon. It’s a campsite used by Paul Petzoldt when he was guiding routes in the 1920s and 1930s. It’s an airy perch, but sheltered by some of the last trees you’ll see on the trail.
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Above Middle Teton Glacier
A view looking down on Middle Teton Glacier with the Grand Teton and Teewinot in the Background. Exum Ridge in relief.
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