Mount Woodring

Mount Woodring
Mount Woodring with Leigh Canyon at right and Paintbrush Canyon at left
Highest point
Elevation	11,595 ft (3,534 m)[1]
Prominence	1,510 ft (460 m)[1]
Coordinates	43°48′11″N 110°47′38″W / 43.80306°N 110.79389°W / 43.80306; -110.79389[2]
Geography
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Location	Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, U.S.
Parent range	Teton Range
Topo map	USGS Mount Moran
Climbing
First ascent	Fryxell 1930[3]
Easiest route	Scramble

Mount Woodring (11,595 feet (3,534 m)) is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.^[4] The mountain is immediately west of Leigh Lake and is sandwiched between Paintbrush Canyon to the south and Leigh Canyon to the north. The best access to the summit is from Paintbrush Divide along the Paintbrush Canyon Trail.

Mount Woodring is named for Samuel Woodring, the first superintendent of Grand Teton National Park from 1929–1934. He was removed as superintendent by National Park Service co-founder Horace M. Albright in 1934 after allegedly fondling a baby sitter.^[5] The allegations were discovered by Moose resident and retired professor Bob Righter in the late 1970s, and Righter called for the mountain's name to be changed in 2017.

In April 2025, the Wyoming Board of Geographic Names submitted a proposal to the United States Board on Geographic Names to rename the mountain to Mount Equality.^[6] Other names considered were Raven Peak, Mount Liberty, and Mount Grizzly 399. As of August 2025, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has not yet ruled on the proposed name change.

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  Mount Woodring, left of center, between Paintbrush Canyon and Leigh Canyon, with Mount Moran to the right
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  Mount Woodring in center