Top mountain peaks
Grand Teton
Mount Moran
Mount Owen
Middle Teton
Mount Sheridan
Mount Hancock
Barlow Peak
South Teton
Buck Mountain
Teewinot Mountain
Mount Haynes
Mount Saint John
Bivouac Peak
Sheep Mountain
Purple Mountain
Mount Woodring
National Park Mountain
Disappointment Peak
Elk Mountain
Factory Hill
Battleship Mountain
Mountain PeakProspectors Mountain
Mount Wister
Nez Perce Peak
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How to photograph mountain peaks
Summits catch first and last light — alpenglow can turn rock pink or orange minutes before sunrise and after sunset while valleys stay in shadow.
- Photograph the peak from a lake, meadow or ridge at sunrise when the face that looks east lights up first.
- Long lenses compress ridgelines; shoot the peak from several miles away to make it look massive.
- Afternoon thunderstorms are common in summer at high elevations — plan summit hikes for early morning.
- Snow on the summit holds detail best when you expose for the highlights and lift shadows later.
- Alpenglow lasts only a few minutes; set up and focus beforehand.
Season: Early summer keeps snow on the peaks with green valleys below; autumn adds aspen or larch color in many ranges.