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Hey there party people and the place to be! I have a trip to the Grand Titons this summer. My family is going and invited me. They are going to have a guide and do some climbing, but nothing serious. My uncle said that the guide and I could do some hard stuff if I wanted to. Oh yeah! I am going to. Just wanted to know if anyone has been out there and if they knew of some good trad climbs. If anything I think that its a good topic.

Wes Tite, manager of VX, is going out there this summer. He is going to climb The Grand Teton. I think they are taking a route called "The Classic Route" (not sure of name) and it goes at 5.5, something around 10 pitches. I'm slowly packing my gear into his trunk, piece by piece.

I live in jackson hole in the summer, it is an amazing place. the sport climbing sucks though so stick with alpine stuff. and jackson is a cheesy tourist town but it is still really fun. i recommend hanging at the Stage Coach bar in Wilson. PM me when you are there and i'll show you around. I live there from the end of may through early october.

Oh and it is Tetons

The bouldering is pretty good as well. Check out boulder city. Eat at Dornen's in Moose.

Many of the alpine routes require more hiking / scrambling then actual climbing. Check out Baxtor's and Guides wall for some fun routes without to much walking.

Wes

They may be doing "Exum Ridge" or "Upper Exum Ridge"? Here is some rough information on The Grand Teton.

http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/list ... ionID=4086

One of the standard guided routes on the Grand is the Owens-Spaulding Route. I climbed the Grand via the Lower Exum Route. Anything you do with a guide service there should be fun. I have also done some climbing at Hoback Shield which is a limestone area with moderate trad & sport. Couldn't find much info on Hoback on the net so you would need some local knowledge/people to hook up with. You should definitely follow up w/Mia.

I did the grand with by partner a week and a half ago. It's a great mounatin but I really like some of the mtns. in colorado better. Sorry cant help with trad info we hiked/scrambled it.

DX

Talk to Rick Faulkner if you get a chance. He's been there like... 3 times or something. My understanding of it:
Long steep hike, beautiful, with an ending climb of couple of 5.7 pitches - that being the most popular route.
Expect a large crowd (even though the place is heavily regulated by permits).
Get started early (get your family on the final trail super early to stay out of trouble).
Bring the camera... and bring me back some pics.
I am so jealous!

Track down a copy of the Ortenburger and Jackson guide book. It has all the beta you could ever want regarding climbing in the Tetons. The guys that wrote it literally have about half the first accents in the Teton range. I'm headed out in July and have been studying that guide book for a couple months now, I have found that most other places/people reference back to that text.