Top Mountains in Wyoming

Wyoming's mountains are among the most dramatic in the continental United States. The Wind River Range, Teton Range, and Absaroka Range collectively contain some of the most remote and rugged terrain in the lower 48.

Gannett Peak (13,804 ft)
The highest point in Wyoming and the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains between Colorado and Montana. Gannett requires a 35–40-mile round-trip approach through the Wind River Range wilderness — typically 3–5 days. The peak is heavily glaciated (Gannett Glacier is the largest glacier in the contiguous US); the summit requires technical climbing skills. The remoteness means very few people attempt it, despite its status as a state high point.

Grand Teton (13,770 ft)
The iconic centerpiece of Grand Teton National Park — the sharpest, most dramatic peak in Wyoming. The standard Exum Ridge route requires technical climbing skill (5.7 difficulty); the Owen-Spalding route is more moderate but still serious mountaineering. The first ascent was completed in 1898. Viewed from the valley below, the Teton Range's profile — five major peaks rising 7,000 feet above Jackson Hole — is one of the most photographed mountain scenes in the world.

Fremont Peak (13,745 ft)
The third-highest peak in Wyoming and the highest non-technical summit in the Wind River Range — reachable by experienced hikers via a 25-mile round trip from Elkhart Park. The summit was first climbed by John C. Frémont (the "Pathfinder") during his 1842 survey expedition — one of the first recorded technical mountain climbs in the West.

Cloud Peak (13,175 ft)
The highest point in the Bighorn Mountains in north-central Wyoming. Cloud Peak Wilderness is the largest wilderness area in the Bighorns. The standard approach from Hunter Corrals is 20 miles round trip. The Bighorns' isolation from the main Rockies gives Cloud Peak sweeping views across the Powder River Basin to the east.

Wind River Range High Country
The Winds contain Wyoming's most extraordinary alpine terrain: the Cirque of the Towers, Fremont Lake, the Titcomb Basin (a glacially carved valley with some of Wyoming's finest high-altitude fishing), and the Wyoming Range along the western divide.