Everything about Tetons totally explained
The
Teton Range is a
mountain range of the
Rocky Mountains in
North America. A north-south range, it's on the
Wyoming side of the state's border with
Idaho, just south of
Yellowstone National Park. The two principal summits are the
Grand Teton at 13,770 ft (4198 m) and
Mount Owen at 12,928 feet (3,940 m); most of the range is within the
Grand Teton National Park. Early French voyageurs gave the name "les Trois Tétons" (the three breasts) .
Geology
Between six and nine million years ago, stretching and thinning of the Earth's crust caused movement along the Teton
fault. The west block along the fault line was pushed upwards to form the Teton Range, thereby creating the youngest range of the Rocky Mountains. The fault's east block fell downwards to form the valley called
Jackson Hole. While many of the central peaks of the range are composed of
granite, the geological processes that lead to the current composition began about 2.5 billion years ago. At that time, sand and volcanic debris settled into an ancient ocean. Additional sediment was deposited for several million years and eventually heat and pressure metamorphosed the sediment into
gneiss, which comprises the major mass of the range. Subsequently, magma was forced up through the cracks and weaknesses in the gneiss to form granite, anywhere from inches to hundreds of feet thick. This ancient magma has manifested itself as noticeable black dikes of
diabase rock, visible on the southwest face of
Mount Moran and on the
Grand Teton. Erosion and uplift have exposed the granite now visible today.
One reason the Tetons are famous is because of their great elevation above their base. Unlike most mountain ranges the Tetons lack
foothills, or lower peaks which can obscure the view. As such, the Tetons rise sharply from 5,000 to nearly 7,000 feet above the surrounding terrain; the view is especially dramatic from Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole and the Tetons have been the setting for a number of prominent films.
Pictures of the area
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