Located in the northwest corner of Wyoming in Grand Teton National Park, Mt Moran appears to stand majestically alone on the northern side of the Tetons. The most popular route to the summit is via this CMC Route and offers a wonderful high camp site, a 1500 foot scramble, then a 1000 foot ascent of steep slabs along a vertical black dike. There is also a technical pitch which must be led on the descent to gain the top of Drizzlepuss on the way back to the CMC camp. This pitch is 5.5 and is the most exposed section of the entire route. The route is normally climbed in 3 days with the first day being the approach to the high camp, the second day is the round trip ascent to the summit and then the third day is the hike out. Due to the long duration and relative remoteness of this mountain, this route is considered the most difficult standard route in the Tetons. The CMC name is from the Chicago Mountaineering Club whose members made the first ascent of the route on June 25, 1941. The first ski descent of the CMC route on Mt. Moran was on May 16, 2002.