Francs Peak, Wyoming

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 13,158 ft / 4011 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	43° 57' 41'' N, 109° 20' 22'' W 43.961296, -109.339384 (Dec Deg) 633226 E 4868914 N, Zone 12 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Wyoming
County/Second Level Region	Park (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Francs Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Francs Peak at SummitPost.org      Francs Peak at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Francs Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Park, WY by Andy Martin      CoHP.org Trip Report for Park, WY by Jerry Brekhus      CoHP.org Trip Report for Park, WY by Scott Casterlin      CoHP.org Trip Report for Park, WY by Dave Covill Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Francs Peak:      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #45)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #39)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #52)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #16)      5000 foot gain CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #13)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #46)      Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #112)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #133)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #29)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #81)      Top 10 Isolation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #130)      5000 foot gain CoHPs (Rank #19)      100 Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #39)      100 Highest CoHPs (Rank #46)      Counties with Largest Area (Rank #5)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #25)      Rocky Mountain Range4 High Points (Rank #11)      USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #133)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Continental Divide (Rank #23)      Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #45) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone (Turiano)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 42      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 45) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1983-07-01 by Tom Sewell      2003-09-05 by Adam Helman      2005 by Tim Worth      2011-08-29 by Bob Bolton (GPS Track)      2012-08-19 by Dennis Poulin (Unsuccessful)      2013-08-05 by Ken Jones (GPS Track)      2013-08-05 by Dennis Poulin      2014-09-03 by Grant Myers      2016-07-22 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)      2016-09-03 by Alex Lennon (Unsuccessful)      2017-08-27 by Dustin Erickson      2018-08-10 by Dave Pahlas      2018-09-09 by Dylan Fowler (GPS Track)
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Grizzlies are a common sight on Francs Peak in the remote Absaroka mountains. Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 4056 ft/1236 m   Optimistic Prominence: 4056 ft/1236 m   Line Parent: Northwest Peak   Key Col: 9097 ft/2773 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 47.23 mi/76.02 km    Isolation Limit Point: 43.323711, -109.681127 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Gjetetind  (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Greater Yellowstone Rockies Range4: Absaroka Range (Highest Point) Range5: Southern Absaroka Range (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Bighorn Yellowstone Missouri Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Shoshone National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Washakie Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Francs Peak O43109h3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

On the northeast ridge near peak 12,578. Still a lot of gain to Francs Peak (2016-07-23). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.

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