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Tetons show evidence of Gros Ventres’ previous extension into eastern Idaho

JACKSON, Wyo. — While the Teton Range and the Gros Ventre Mountains are distinct features separated by today’s Jackson Hole, the Gros Ventres once extended all the way past the Tetons to the west. The Gros Ventre Mountains were formed as part of the Laramide Orogeny mountain-building event, the result of a compression that squeezed […]