| Mount Woolsey | |
|---|---|
 Black Tooth Mountain, as viewed from the summit of Cloud Peak. Mount Woolsey is to the immediate right of Black Tooth Mountain. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 12,982 ft (3,957 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 338 ft (103 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°24′04″N107°10′36″W / 44.40111°N 107.17667°W /44.40111; -107.17667[2] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Big Horn /Johnson counties,Wyoming, U.S. |
| Parent range | Bighorn Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Cloud Peak |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1933, W. B. Willcox et al[3] |
Mount Woolsey (12,982 feet or 3,957 metres) is located in theBighorn Mountains in theU.S. state ofWyoming.[4] The peak is the third highest in the range afterCloud Peak, which is only 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the south, and thesummit is located in theCloud Peak Wilderness ofBighorn National Forest.[1]Black Tooth Mountain, the second highest mountain in the Bighorns, is an adjacent summit only .20 mi (0.32 km) to the northwest.[1] Mount Woolsey is on a knife-like ridge known as anarête and is connected to both Black Tooth Mountain and Cloud Peak by this ridge. Along the arête is another mountain peak known asThe Innominate. A small glacier lies below the arête to the southeast of Mount Woolsey.
The first recorded ascent was made by a party comprisingW. B. Willcox,Alan Willcox, Mary Willcox and T. H. Rawles who ascended the south ridge.[3][5]
The name Mt. Woolsey was formally approved in 1961[2] and commemoratesTheodore Salisbury Woolsey Jr. who died a few days before the ascent by the Willcox party, Theodore Woolsey was the father ofElizabeth Woolsey who had been climbing with Willcox party until she heard of her father's unexpected death.[5]
