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North America / United States / Wyoming / Mount Woolsey
Record SL-672048 · Wikidata Q18391331

Mount Woolsey

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Elevation
3,942 m
12,933 ft
Prominence
338 m
Isolation
Coordinates
44.4011° N, 107.1767° W
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Mount Woolsey
Mount WoolseyWikimedia Commons

Description

Wikipedia

Mount Woolsey (12,982 feet or 3,957 metres) is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the third highest in the range after Cloud Peak, which is only 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the south, and the summit is located in the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest. Black Tooth Mountain, the second highest mountain in the Bighorns, is an adjacent summit only .20 mi (0.32 km) to the northwest. Mount Woolsey is on a knife-like ridge known as an arête and is connected to both Black Tooth Mountain and Cloud Peak by this ridge. Along the arête is another mountain peak known as The Innominate. A small glacier lies below the arête to the southeast of Mount Woolsey. The first recorded ascent was made by a party comprising W. B. Willcox, Alan Willcox, Mary Willcox and T. H. Rawles who ascended the south ridge. The name Mt. Woolsey was formally approved in 1961 and commemorates Theodore Salisbury Woolsey Jr. who died a few days before the ascent by the Willcox party, Theodore Woolsey was the father of Elizabeth Woolsey who had been climbing with Willcox party until she heard of her father's unexpected death.

First ascent

Date
1933
Source · wikipedia

Best months

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Gargoyle 3,793 m SE 156° 0.3 km
Black Tooth Mountain 3,732 m NW 318° 0.3 km
Innominate 3,853 m SE 146° 0.4 km
Hallelujah 3,837 m NE 34° 1.1 km
Kramer Peak 3,918 m SE 156° 1.3 km
Turning Point 3,706 m W 264° 1.8 km

Climbing routes

nearest first
Route Area Grade From summit
South Arete Mount Woolsey 4b 33 m
Big Horn Feat Little Horn 6b 1.8 km
Hornmaster Little Horn 6a 1.8 km
A Shimmering Abstraction Cloud Peak East Cirque 6c 1.9 km
In Honor of Crazy Horse Cloud Peak East Cirque 7b 1.9 km
Medicine Crow Cloud Peak East Cirque 7a 1.9 km
No Climb for Old Men Merlon, The 6c+ 2.5 km
Super Fortress Merlon, The 6c+ 2.5 km
Electrical Circuits Cloud Peak SE Cirque Faces 6c+ 2.6 km
Shink Schock Cloud Peak SE Cirque Faces 6b 2.6 km
Bomber Florence Canyon boulders V0-1 6.2 km