Climbing the Teton

Hey guys and gals, just wondering, for the people who have climbed The Grand Teton and did an overnight up there, what size backpack should I get to fit all camping gear and trad gear?

Thank you

50 liters.

Depends on what sleeping bag you are planning to bring, what size tent, or no tent?  Ya know, all the details.

But I am sure a 50-70 L pack will work just fine for a normal summer trip. 

I used a 45 liter pack. I don't enjoy carrying extra things for no reason.

It depends on how ultra light and compact your gear is really. And if you enjoy carrying extra things while backpacking. The cost of your sleeping bag will be a big factor too. Very expensive sleeping bags tend to pack down to much smaller sizes. Maybe you will do an open bivy with no tent and only sleep on an air mattress/pad and sleeping bag? 

You can probably carry the rope draped over the top of you backpack. Many people do this. Will have the added effect of looking extra cool to all the gumby hikers. You can point up to the Grand and say "Yeah, I'm climbing that....".

I would get all the gear you intend on using first, examine it's collective volume, then determine the size of your pack based on those observations....

Good luck, have fun, god speed.

Solo it in approach shoes car to car on-sight with a harness on so you can poach a ride down at the rap station from a disgruntled exum guide or it really doesn’t count…

If you're going to backpack in and camp at the saddle or moraine I have always used a 65 liter pack.  With clothes, food, tent, and gear you'll fill it up no problem.  Also most packs don't carry that well when they are maxed and smaller packs tend to have a less comfortable suspension system and waistbelt.  You don't always have to fill the bigger pack either. it also depends what route you're doing.  For just the owen spauliding or upper exum I'd take a pretty light rack, (set of nuts, cams .3-2 and 6-8 slings) for a harder route like the complete exum or north ridge I would have amore substantial rack.  I would generally use a fairly light rope in the tetons.  I have a 9.2x60 lead line and a 60 is enough to get down the rappels.  I would do the Owen spauling in approach shoes but a lot of people would want rock shoes for a couple sections on the upper exum and would definitely want them for the lower exum.  One other thing, depending on the snow year you will often need crampons and an ice axe even into early july so check with the rangers ahead of time to see what conditions are like.

I've had a hard time using less than an 85L pack for the summer for two nights with some snow gear.  However, some of my items are just bulky (e.g., sleeping bag) and I'm slowly upgrading to less bulky items.  I am usually the sherpa in the group and get the single rack and rope (I don't skip leg day).

It might make sense to figure out what your packing, buy a few different liter packs at REI, and see what works best.

I typically use a 35. I either sleep in the Caves or use a bivy bag. Haven’t hauled a tent up there in 10 years.