Name: Desolation Peak

 

County: Sublette

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1094046W

Latitude: 431206N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 13123/4000

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Named from its location in the wild and forbidding cirque of Wells Creek. 

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: 

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Gannett Peak

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

Kelsey, Joe. Climbing and Hiking in the Wind River Mountains. 2nd edition. 1994.

 

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