Exit78 Photo of the Day #127
We’ve taken the tram from Teton Village to the top of Rendezvous Mountain three times over the years. Situated at 10,455 feet, it is usually quite chilly, even in the summer. We’ve always dressed for the cooler temperatures and “marveled” at those who get the top in comfortable summer attire and rush to Corbet’s Cabin for a warm drink and to get out of the wind.
Then: Rendezvous Mountain looking north, Grand Teton peak on right, above Teton Village, Wyoming, July 19, 2010 (Composite of three Pentax K10D photos using AutoStitch)
Rendezvous Mountain is a large mountain massif located in the southern Teton Range in Wyoming. Grand Teton peak is almost exactly 10 miles a little east of north from the tram terminal.
The tram we first rode operated from 1966 to 2005. The current tram was placed in service in December 2008.
(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
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Why is it called the Rendezvous Mountain?
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It had to do with the mountain men of the 1800s. Often alone for months at a time, they would come together in the summers to sell their furs at outposts of some of the region’s major fur companies at trade gatherings called “rendezvous.” The rendezvous tradition of trading and selling furs was started in 1825 by General William Ashley’s men of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. One of the major locations was in the valley (or hole) below the mountain to the east, now known as “Jackson Hole.”
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