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Gannett Peak Elementary is a public school located in Lander, WY, which is in a remote town setting. The student population of Gannett Peak Elementary is 430 and the school serves K-3.
Session 3 GANNETT PEAK EXPEDITION Jul 30 - Aug 3 Students will travel to Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains and attempt the highest mountain in Wyoming, Gannett Peak, at 13,801 feet.
DUBOIS, Wyo. (AP) - A small plane missing for three days was Wednesday near Gannett Peak in west-central Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A small plane missing for three days was found Wednesday near the state's tallest mountain in west-central Wyoming. All three passengers were dead, authorities said.
CHEYENNE (AP) - A small plane missing for three days was found Wednesday near the state's tallest mountain in west-central Wyoming. All three passengers were killed, authorities said.
They were six miles southeast of Gannett Peak, Wyoming's highest point at just over 13,800 feet. National Transportation Safety Board investigators haven't disclosed the cause of the crash.
UW students approach the summit of Gannett Peak in west-central Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains early on the morning of Aug. 9. (Mark Jenkins Photo) After growing up in the flatlands of eastern South ...
The most common route up Gannett Peak, the highest mountain in Wyoming, follows a gooseneck couloir up a skinny snowfield to a gaping crevasse. Darran Wells, a professor of Outdoor Education and ...
CHEYENNE – A hiker who was found dead Monday near Gannett Peak was a "beloved" doctor at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, according to an email to staff informing them of the death. Thor ...