Mount Woodring

Mount Woodring is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The mountain is immediately west of Leigh Lake and is sandwiched between Paintbrush Canyon to the south and Leigh Canyon to the north. The best access to the summit is from Paintbrush Divide along the Paintbrush Canyon Trail.

Naming controversy

Mount Woodring is named for Samuel Woodring, the first superintendent of Grand Teton National Park from 1929–1934. He was removed as superintendent by National Park Service co-founder Horace M. Albright in 1934 after allegedly fondling a baby sitter. The allegations were discovered by Moose resident and retired professor Bob Righter in the late 1970s, and Righter called for the mountain's name to be changed in 2017.
In April 2025, the Wyoming Board of Geographic Names submitted a proposal to the United States Board on Geographic Names to rename the mountain to Mount Equality. Other names considered were Raven Peak, Mount Liberty, and Mount Grizzly 399. As of August 2025, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has not yet ruled on the proposed name change.