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Nearing the Molar Tooth on the East Ridge. I think we were too close to the crest here. Take care on the routefinding on this section as it is difficult to match terrain to descriptions of finding The Window.
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Final push to the summit!
The East Ridge of the Grand Teton Molar Tooth area, with the standard variation shown in yellow. There is a bivy platform where the green line hits the far right edge of the ridge crest.
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Mark P Thomas
Aug 6, 2019
“Nearing the Molar Tooth on the East Ridge. I think we were too close to the crest here. Take care on the routefinding on this section as it is difficult to match terrain to descriptions of finding The Window.”  

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Final push to the summit!
Nearing the Molar Tooth on the East Ridge. I think we were too close to the crest here. Take care on the routefinding on this section as it is difficult to match terrain to descriptions of finding The Window.
The East Ridge of the Grand Teton Molar Tooth area, with the standard variation shown in yellow. There is a bivy platform where the green line hits the far right edge of the ridge crest.