Mount Woodring

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Wyoming}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Woodring | image = Mt Woodring GTNP1.jpg | image_caption = Mount Woodring with Leigh Canyon at right and Paintbrush Canyon at left | elevation_ft = 11595 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger |pid=5210 |name=Mount Woodring, Wyoming |access-date=2011-05-29}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1510 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pb/> | location = Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, U.S. | map = Wyoming#USA | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in Wyoming##Location in the United States | range = Teton Range | coordinates = {{coord|43|48|11|N|110|47|38|W|type:mountain_region:US-WY|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis |id=1609175 |name=Mount Woodring |access-date=2011-05-29}}</ref> | topo = USGS Mount Moran | first_ascent = Fryxell 1930<ref name=ortenburger>{{Cite book| last1 = Ortenburger | first1 = Leigh N| last2=Jackson|first2=Reynold G. | title = A climber's guide to the Teton Range | publisher = Mountaineers Books| date = November 1996| pages = 15| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-Y1tLw_YWgC&q=mount+woodring+&pg=PA327| isbn = 0-89886-480-1}}</ref> | easiest_route = Scramble }} '''Mount Woodring''' ({{convert|11595|ft}}) is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite map|publisher = TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title = Mount Moran, WY|url =http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=43.80299&lon=-110.79383&datum=nad83&zoom=4|access-date = 2011-05-29}}</ref> The mountain is immediately west of Leigh Lake and is sandwiched between Paintbrush Canyon to the south and Leigh Canyon to the north. The best access to the summit is from Paintbrush Divide along the Paintbrush Canyon Trail.

==Naming controversy==

Mount Woodring is named for Samuel Woodring, the first superintendent of Grand Teton National Park from 1929–1934. He was removed as superintendent by National Park Service co-founder Horace M. Albright in 1934 after allegedly fondling a baby sitter.<ref>{{cite web |last=Koshmrl |first=Mike |date=2017-09-20 |title=Disgraced park boss gave name to Mount Woodring |url=https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/disgraced-park-boss-gave-name-to-mount-woodring/article_85aa7a63-f376-51f7-85f0-5136e20e381b.html |website=Jackson Hole News&Guide |access-date=2025-08-04}}</ref> The allegations were discovered by Moose resident and retired professor Bob Righter in the late 1970s, and Righter called for the mountain's name to be changed in 2017.

In April 2025, the Wyoming Board of Geographic Names submitted a proposal to the United States Board on Geographic Names to rename the mountain to Mount Equality.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sutherland |first=Charley |date=2025-07-23 |title=Equality, Raven Peak mulled as names for Grand Teton summit with disgraced leader's name |url=https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/town_county/equality-raven-peak-mulled-as-names-for-grand-teton-summit-with-disgraced-leaders-name/article_a258073c-2577-464e-93bf-61ab18bd108d.html |website=Jackson Hole News&Guide |access-date=2025-08-04}}</ref> Other names considered were Raven Peak, Mount Liberty, and Mount Grizzly 399. As of August 2025, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has not yet ruled on the proposed name change.

==Gallery==

<gallery mode="packed"> Aerial image of Mount Moran and Mount Woodring (view from the east).jpg|Mount Woodring, left of center, between Paintbrush Canyon and Leigh Canyon, with Mount Moran to the right Cathedral Group panorama from Cathedral Group Scenic Turnout2.JPG|Mount Woodring in center </gallery>

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