Lower Exum Ridge Route

Lower Exum Ridge Route
Direct Exum Ridge Route
Location Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
Coordinates 43°44′26″N 110°48′09″W / 43.740561°N 110.802441°W / 43.740561; -110.802441
Climbing Area Grand Teton
Route Type Trad
Vertical Gain 800 feet
Pitches 6
Rating 5.7
Grade III
First ascent Jack Durrance & Kenneth Henderson, 1936.

The Lower Exum Ridge Route is the lower section of a technical rock climbing route up the Grand Teton's Exum Ridge in Wyoming. This section is often bypassed on hiking terrain by climbers who wish to do only the technically easier Upper Exum Ridge Route. The complete route is listed as the Direct Exum Ridge Route in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.
  2. ↑ Ortenburger, Leigh N. & Jackson, Reynold G. (1996) A Climbers Guide to the Teton Range Third edition, Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 0-89886-480-1
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