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The Gros Ventre Range (/ ˌ ɡ r oʊ ˈ v ɑː n t / groh-VAHNT) is part of the Central Rocky Mountains and is located west of the Continental Divide in U.S. state of Wyoming. The name "Gros Ventre" is French for "big belly." The highest summit in the range is Doubletop Peak at 11,720 feet (3,570 m). [1]
It is a hub from which three Wyoming Mountain Ranges radiate. The three separate directions – the Wind River Range to the southeast (Gannett Peak, 13,804 feet (4,207 m)), the Gros Ventre Range (Doubletop Peak, 11,720 feet (3,570 m)) to the west and the Absaroka Range to the north (Francs Peak, 13,153 feet (4,009 m)). The pass is 4,000 feet ...
The Gros Ventre Wilderness (/ ˌ ɡ r oʊ ˈ v ɑː n t / groh-VAHNT) is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Most of the Gros Ventre Range is located within the wilderness. U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles.
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The Gros Ventre were reported living in two north–south tribal groups – the so-called Fall Indians (Canadian or northern group, Hahá-tonwan) of 260 tipis (2,500 population) traded with the North West Company on the Upper Saskatchewan River [clarification needed] and roamed between the Missouri and Bow River, and the so-called Staetan tribe ...
Gros Ventre: Bridger-Teton National Forest: USFS WY 317,874 496.678 128,639 1,286.39 October 30, 1984: Guadalupe Mountains National Park: Guadalupe Mountains National Park: NPS TX 46,850 73.20 18,960 189.6 November 10, 1978: Gulf Islands: Gulf Islands National Seashore: NPS MS 4,080 6.38 1,650 16.5 November 10, 1978: Gunnison Gorge
Sheep Mountain is in the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Bridger–Teton National Forest. At the northern end of Sheep Mountain is the location of the Gros Ventre landslide . In 1996, a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane carrying an automobile and equipment outbound from Jackson Hole crashed into Sheep Mountain, killing a U.S. Secret Service ...
Located within the forest are the Gros Ventre, Bridger and Teton Wildernesses, totaling 1.2 million acres (4,900 square kilometers).Other points of interest contained in the forest include Gannett Peak at 13,804 feet (4,207 m), the tallest mountain in Wyoming, and the Gros Ventre landslide, which is one of the largest readily visible landslides on earth.