Before false ridge
Location: 43.7236671447754, -110.799911499023
Sun streaks the stream-braided and boulder-strewn canyon before the false ridge. ©Michael Trottier
Boulder Field
Location: 43.7256622314453, -110.782379150391
Carefully navigate this pine-choken gully littered with scree. ©Michael Trottier
Jackson Hole
Location: 43.7240943908691, -110.762702941895
Climbing the switchbacks, open vistas stretch across to Blacktail Butte and the Snake River winding through the lush plains of Antelope Flats. ©Michael Trottier
MMT001
Location: 43.7328681945801, -110.740997314453
Head S on trail. Note: Bring crampons any time except midsummer. Plan on 12 hours round-trip, or break it into 2 days
MMT002
Location: 43.7259483337402, -110.75700378418
Bear R @ Y junction; head SW toward Garnet Canyon
MMT003
Location: 43.7243614196777, -110.763000488281
Continue up long, steep switchbacks; look E for views into Jackson Hole
MMT004
Location: 43.7260589599609, -110.765098571777
Bear L; follow signs to Garnet Canyon. In 1 mi., listen for sounds of Garnet Creek as it pours over 50-ft. Cleft Falls
MMT005
Location: 43.7251396179199, -110.782501220703
Connect cairns through boulder field
MMT006
Location: 43.725830078125, -110.790397644043
Travel W through the Meadows (campsites; permit required). Offi cial trail ends ahead. Continue WSW on climber's trail, navigating steep slide with loose rock
MMT007
Location: 43.7244606018066, -110.797203063965
Continue W
MMT008
Location: 43.723560333252, -110.803497314453
Slowly ascend W between Cloudveil Dome and the Middle Teton
MMT009
Location: 43.7244110107422, -110.819000244141
Turn R on saddle between Middle and South Tetons. Rest and fuel up before last long scramble up SW couloir. To W, an 800-ft. cliff drops down to Icefloe Lake
MMT010
Location: 43.7296905517578, -110.811798095703
Pointed 12,804-ft. summit of Middle Teton. See ripsaw point of Grand Teton to N, sheer rock face of South Teton to SSW. Retrace route back before p.m. storms blow in
Saddle looking back to the E
Location: 43.7243804931641, -110.81859588623
Reach the high scree fields between Middle Teton and South Teton and gaze over the rocky points of Cloudveil Dome and Nez Perce. ©Michael Trottier
Summit
Location: 43.7296562194824, -110.811752319336
Hikers clamber over blocky talus to reach Middle Teton (12,804 ft.). ©Michael Trottier
Views of Icefloe Lake
Location: 43.7239532470703, -110.819305419922
From the saddle approach to Middle Teton, Icefloe Lake comes into full view. ©Michael Trottier
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