Disappointment Peak

Disappointment Peak is an 11,623-foot mountain in Wyoming’s Teton Range, within Grand Teton National Park, standing just southeast of Grand Teton in the rugged Cathedral Group. Rising above Garnet Canyon and near Amphitheater and Surprise lakes, it is prominent in the park’s central alpine scenery and is respected by climbers for routes that include some of the Tetons’ most difficult. Its name originated in 1925, when four Colorado climbers led by Phil Smith, attempting Grand Teton, reached this summit but were stopped by a 450-foot drop to the saddle below the Grand. They later learned they had made the first ascent, and Smith soon became the first park ranger.

Wyoming · United States