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'Gannett Peak' is the highest peak in the U.S. state of Wyoming and straddles the boundary between Fremont and Sublette Counties along the continental divide. Geographically, it is the apex of the entire Central Rockies; the largely continuous group of the chain occupying the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Named for American geographer Henry Gannett, the peak is also the highpoint of the Wind River Range. The mountain slopes are located in both Bridger-Teton National Forest and Shoshone National Forest. Gannett is the highest peak within what is better known as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The 896-acre (3.63 km²) Gannett Glacier which is likely the largest single glacier in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S., flows down from the northern slopes of the mountain. Mammoth and Minor Glaciers occupy the western cirque of the peak while Dinwoody Glacier occupies the SE side of the mountain.
Gannett Peak is commonly climbed on a four- to six-day round-trip, and is considered amongst mountaineers as second only to Alaska's Denali in difficulty of state high points. However, many climbers rank Gannett Peak behind both Denali and Montana's Granite Peak, which, in 1923, was the last state high point climbed.

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★ Mountain peaks of North America

★ Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains

★ Mountain peaks of the United States

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★ Gannett Peak

★ Topozone Map

★ Gannett Peak on PeakBagger (photo)