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The Bridger Wilderness is Managed by the Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST
USDA FOREST SERVICE : Pinedale Office
307-367-4326
http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/btnf/offices/pinedale-trail.shtml
Bridger Wilderness
The 428,169-acre Bridger Wilderness is located along the Continental Divide on the west slope of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. It was designated a Primitive Area under Department of Agriculture Regulations in 1931, and later made part of the National Wilderness Preservation System with passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. In 1984, its original 392,169 acres were increased by 36,000 acres when the Wyoming Wilderness Act was signed into law.
continental divide
An extensive stretch of high ground from each side of which the river systems of
a continent flow in opposite directions.
Continental Divide
A series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico that forms the watershed of North America. Most of it runs along peaks of the Rocky Mountains and is often called the Great Divide in the United States.
The Wind River Range is a remote hundred-mile range, stretching through Wyoming along the crest of the Continental Divide. This narrow mountain chain includes eight craggy summits over 13,500 feet, rising from the wide open valleys of the west. Three thousand feet below these rugged peaks are small lakes and streams nestling in boulder-strewn alpine meadows. There are large glaciers on some eastern slopes, including the largest glaciers of the U.S. Rocky Mountains on the flanks of Gannett Peak (13,804 ft.). Gannett is the highest and northernmost peak of the range.
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Info on Gannett Peak |
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Elevation (feet) |
13,804 |
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Elevation (meters) |
4,207 |
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Location |
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Latitude |
43 11' 04" N |
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Longitude |
109 39' 12" W |
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Best Climbing
Months |
End of July, August, early September |
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Year First Climbed |
1922 |
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First Climber's |
A.
Tate |
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Nearest Major
Airport |
Jackson,
Wyoming |
The Bridger Wilderness is Managed by the Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/btnf/offices/pinedale-trail.shtml
BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST
USDA FOREST SERVICE
Pinedale Office 307-367-4326
