Mount Woolsey
Mount Woolsey rises to 3,942 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the south, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Gargoyle, a peak 0.2 miles away. Cloud Peak Skyway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mount Woolsey (12,982 feet or 3,957 metres) is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the third highest in the range after Cloud Peak, which is only 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the south, and the summit is located in the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest. Black Tooth Mountain, the second highest mountain in the Bighorns, is an adjacent summit only .20 mi (0.32 km) to the northwest. Mount Woolsey is on a knife-like ridge known as an arête and is connected to both Black Tooth Mountain and Cloud Peak by this ridge. Along the arête is another mountain peak known as The Innominate. A small glacier lies below the arête to the southeast of Mount Woolsey. The first recorded ascent was made by a party comprising W. B. Willcox, Alan Willcox, Mary Willcox and T. H. Rawles who ascended the south ridge. The name Mt. Woolsey was formally approved in 1961 and commemorates Theodore Salisbury Woolsey Jr. who died a few days before the ascent by the Willcox party, Theodore Woolsey was the father of Elizabeth Woolsey who had been climbing with Willcox party until she heard of her father's unexpected death.
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Wikidata Q18391331, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,942 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 18.8 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Gargoyle: 0.2 mi
- Black Tooth Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Innominate: 0.2 mi
- Hallelujah: 0.7 mi
- Kramer Peak: 0.8 mi
- Medicine Park: 4.4 mi
- Highland Park: 4.5 mi
- Medicine Cabin Park: 4.8 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 6.4 mi
- Long Park: 7.9 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Ed Point: 10.9 mi
- Weston Point: 12.9 mi
- Spanish Point: 14.1 mi
- Cobra: 17.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 13.0 mi
- East Hunter Mesa Spring: 13.3 mi
- Bard Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hospital Hill Springs: 14.8 mi
- Mosier Springs: 15.3 mi
- The Brinton Museum: 18.7 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny Visitor Center: 19.4 mi
- Bozeman Trail Museum: 21.3 mi
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum: 23.8 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Wagon Box Battle Monument: 17.5 mi
- Fort Phil Kearny: 19.5 mi
- Fetterman Monument: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Mount Woolsey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | S 174° | 4,017 m | 1.3 mi |
| Merlon | SSE 167° | 3,975 m | 1.4 mi |
| Kramer Peak | SSE 156° | 3,918 m | 0.8 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | SSE 152° | 3,901 m | 2.8 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 80° | 3,854 m | 1.3 mi |
| Innominate | SE 146° | 3,853 m | 0.2 mi |
| Hallelujah | NE 34° | 3,837 m | 0.7 mi |
| Bomber Mountain | SSE 157° | 3,795 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Story, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505620
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