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The Sphinx is a 13,264-foot mountain in Wyoming’s Wind River Range, with its summit on the Continental Divide in alpine terrain shared by Shoshone and Bridger-Teton National Forests. Near Mount Woodrow Wilson, it stands amid some of the range’s highest and most rugged country. Ice shapes the mountain on two sides, with Dinwoody Glacier descending its north slopes and Sphinx Glacier on its southwest flank. The surrounding landscape of glaciated basins, steep rock, and exposed ridgelines is remote and demanding. Travel here can involve dangerous class 4 and 5 terrain, and the broader area is known for fatal hazards including falls, bears, rockfall, snow, wildfire, insects, and severe cold.
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Cora, Wyoming · United States