Grand Teton National Park
If you're in or around Steamboat Springs, then do yourself the favor of a lifetime and visit Grand Teton National Park.
Located in northwestern Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park protects
stunning mountain scenery and a diverse array of wildlife. The central
feature of the park is the Teton Range, an active, fault-block,
40-mile-long mountain front. The range includes eight peaks over 12,000
feet (3,658 m), including the Grand Teton at 13,770 feet (4,198 m).
Seven morainal lakes run along the base of the range, and more than 100
alpine lakes can be found in the backcountry. Elk, moose, pronghorn,
mule deer, and bison are often seen in the park. Black bears are common
in forested areas, and more than 300 species of birds can be observed,
including bald eagles and peregrine falcons.
Nearly 3 million people visit Grand Teton National Park each year.
Whether you go to rope up the granite or to camp the shores of Jenny
Lake, we're pretty sure your visit here will yield more than a peek or
two at the sublime.
Backpacking the Teton Crest
This is the best way to get a taste of all the flavors the park has to
offer. It may be one of the most outstanding hikes of your lifetime!
The trail runs north from the park's southern border through the high
country of the Tetons for 39 miles, ending at Paintbrush Canyon.
Floating the Snake River The natural environment along the river is
outstanding. Flowing west from its source in the Teton Wilderness, the
river enters Yellowstone National Park, then flows south into Jackson
Lake in Grand Teton National Park.
View Wildlife
There're are buffalo herds on the move, elk bugling in the frosty
morning air, the shrill alarms of "whistlepigs" (marmots) in an alpine
meadow. These are images of an unspoiled natural America, something
supposed to have largely vanished from the modern world. But the Tetons
are in the heart of the last nearly intact temperate ecosystem in North
America, a place where the wildlife viewing is magical.
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