Pylon Peak

Pylon Peak is a 12,383-foot mountain in Wyoming’s southern Wind River Range, rising on the west side of the Cirque of the Towers and directly on the Continental Divide. Part of one of the range’s best-known climbing areas, it belongs to a dramatic alpine landscape of steep granite walls, technical routes, exposure, snow, and fast-changing weather. The surrounding backcountry is valued for climbing and wilderness travel, but it is also hazardous. Bears, insects, wildfire, snow, and cold nights all pose risks, and nearby class 4 and 5 terrain has seen serious accidents and fatalities from falls and rockfall.

Wyoming · United States