''A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range'' is a mountain

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by Leigh N. Ortenburger and Reynold G. Jackson. The third edition was published in 1996 by The Mountaineers of

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. A fourth edition was published in 2023. The book details the approaches and routes to hundreds of climbs in the

Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It extends for approximately in a north–south direction through the U.S. state of Wyoming, east of the Idaho state line. It is south of Yellowstone National Park, ...

, most of which are in

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. It is a comprehensive guide to climbing in the region and includes background material including the climate, geology, and climbing history of the

. Dalton Johnson from ''

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'' called the book ''the Teton guide book I wish I had'', and the book is on the recommended reading list of the

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. The

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describes it as ''exhaustive but “warm,” deeply evocative of a splendid scene, and striving earnestly to tell us everything''.

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