[3] The mountain is the highest summit south of Garnet Canyon and is easily seen from most vantage points in Jackson Hole.

[1] The west slopes of the summit tower are along the Alaska Basin Trail and extend into Caribou-Targhee National Forest and the Jedediah Smith Wilderness, which is the location of Alaska Basin, a popular wilderness camping area for backpackers.

Timberline Lake is located on the eastern flanks of the peak.

Bannon and George Buck, only ten days after Grand Teton was first climbed by another party.

[4] Bannon later became the first person to climb Borah Peak, the tallest mountain in the state of Idaho.