# Exum Ridge

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{{Short description|Rock buttress on the Grand Teton in Wyoming}}
The '''Exum Ridge''' is the name of a prominent rock buttress on the [Grand Teton](/source/Grand_Teton), the high point of the [Teton Range](/source/Teton_Range) in [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming).  [Grand Teton](/source/Grand_Teton) towers 13,770 feet above [Jackson Hole](/source/Jackson_Hole), with an ascent of 6,700 feet which by any route requires a combination of [hiking](/source/hiking), [rock climbing](/source/rock_climbing) and [rappelling](/source/rappelling).

The Ridge is named after [Glenn Exum](/source/Glenn_Exum) who pioneered a route, via a solo climb, on a day when his mentor [Paul Petzoldt](/source/Paul_Petzoldt) was guiding a couple up the original Owen-Spaulding Route.  Today the route is split into the [Upper](/source/Upper_Exum_Ridge_Route) and [Lower Exum Ridge Route](/source/Lower_Exum_Ridge_Route)s.  It is common for parties to bypass the more technically challenging lower section and climb exclusively the upper section.  The Direct Exum Ridge Route which includes both section is recognized in the historic climbing text ''[Fifty Classic Climbs of North America](/source/Fifty_Classic_Climbs_of_North_America)''.<ref>{{Fifty Classic Climbs}}</ref>

In 1931 Exum and Petzoldt started [Exum Mountain Guides](/source/Exum_Mountain_Guides), which has grown to be a prestigious climbing school and mountain guide service.   In 1982 Exum, accompanied by many distinguished mountaineers, made one last climb of the Exum Ridge route on the fiftieth anniversary of his first ascent.

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Category:Ridges of Wyoming
Category:Landforms of Grand Teton National Park

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