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The guide service was founded in the 1926 by Paul Petzoldt and Glenn Exum, for whom the Exum Ridge climbing route on the Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park is named. From their base in Grand Teton National Park near Jenny Lake , Exum Mountain Guides provide guided climbing trips throughout the Teton Range and in other nearby mountain ranges.
Thomas D. Mangelsen (born January 6, 1946) is an American nature and wildlife photographer and conservationist. He is most famous for his photography of wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, as he has lived inside the zone in Jackson, Wyoming, for over 40 years.
Curt Gowdy State Park is a public recreation area covering 3,395 acres (5.3 sq mi; 13.7 km 2) in Albany and Laramie counties in Wyoming, United States.It is located on Wyoming Highway 210 (Happy Jack Road), halfway between Cheyenne and Laramie, about 24 miles (40 km) from each.
It is one of over 420 sites managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The recreation area spans 120,296.22 acres, straddling the border between Wyoming and Montana. It is divided into two distinct areas, the North District accessed via Fort Smith, Montana and the South District accessed through Lovell, Wyoming.
Recent WWF campaigns have included Sportsmen for the Wyoming Range, the Greater Little Mountain Coalition, and the development of both renewable (e.g., wind) and non-renewable energy (e.g., natural gas and oil shale) in wildlife habitats in Wyoming. [5] WWF has also been active in campaigns to maintain hunting and fishing access. [6]
Areas of interest include the Snowy Range where the highest peak is Medicine Bow Peak at 12,013 feet (3,662 m) and is visible from Snowy Range Pass, 10,847 ft (3,306 m), on Wyoming highway 130. The Encampment River , Huston Park , Savage Run and Platte River Wildernesses are all located within the Medicine Bow portion of the National Forest.
There are at least 93 named trails in Teton County, Wyoming according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Board of Geographic Names. A trail is defined as: "Route for passage from one point to another; does not include roads or highways (jeep trail, path, ski trail)."
[d] [c] The second table below ranks the 40 most prominent summits of Wyoming. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [e] The third table below ranks the 40 most isolated major summits of Wyoming.