Buck Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Buck Mountain
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Elevation = convert|11938|ft|m|0|abbr=on
Location = Wyoming, USA
Range = Teton Range
Prominence = convert|1298|ft|m|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|43|41|22|N|110|49|07|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title
Topographic
USGS Grand Teton
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First ascent = Bannon/Buck August 21, 1898
Easiest route = Scramble/Technical Class 3 to 5.8

Buck Mountain is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, immediately southeast of Grand Teton. [cite web | url = http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=43.68944&lon=-110.81861&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=50| title = Buck Mountain, USGS Grand Teton (WY) Topo Map| format = Map| work = | publisher = TopoQuest | accessdate = 2008-07-04] The mountain is the highest summit south of Garnet Canyon and is easily seen from most vantage points in Jackson Hole. Views from the summit offer excellent views of the Cathedral Group to the north. [cite web | url = http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5226| title = Buck Mountain, Wyoming| format = | work = | publisher = Peakbagger | accessdate = 2007-02-11] The west slope of the summit tower are along the Alaska Basin Trail and extend into Caribou-Targhee National Forest and the Jedediah Smith Wilderness, which is the location of Alaska Basin, a popular wilderness camping area for backpackers.

The summit was first climbed on August 21, 1898 by T.M. Bannon and George Buck, only ten days after Grand Teton was first climbed by another party. [cite web | url = http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/151386/buck-mountain.html| title = Buck Mountain| format = | work = | publisher = Summitpost | accessdate = 2007-02-11] Bannon later became the first person to climb Borah Peak, the tallest mountain in the state of Idaho.

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