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The name of the peak comes from its structure: its summit ridge is a long, low angled ridge running roughly east–west for about a mile, with steep drops to the north and south. This gives the mountain a vague resemblance to a moose's tooth. It also makes climbing to the true (east) summit from the
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The first ascent of The Moose's Tooth was in June, 1964, by four
Germans (Walter Welsch, Klaus Bierl, Arnold Hasenkopf and Alfons Reichegger), via the Northwest Ridge. In June 1974, Gary Bocarde, Michael Clark, Charles Porter, and John Svenson climbed the lower Southwest Summit via the
415:, June 11, 2013, updated September 27, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017. The Ruth Gorge's major "tooth peaks" are Moose's Tooth, Bear Tooth, Eyetooth, Sugar Tooth, and Broken Tooth. Other nearby peaks include Wisdom Tooth and The Incisor. Also see
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circles, and have seen a number of highly technical ascents.
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