June 2018 Wyoming Part 2 - Grand Tetons

I visited the Grand Teton National Park several days while I was staying in Alpine.  I also spent some time in Jackson Hole (located just south of the Grand Teton National Park).  It is a very cool town with lots of character.  I can recommend a great barbecue restaurant in Jackson Hole.  It is the Big Hole Barbecue Restaurant.  Great food! 

Here is an antelope (also called Pronghorns) in the fields on the eastern side of the park.

Here is an elk I spotted in the same general area.

These are pictures from my Phelps Lake hike

The Hidden Falls trail hike around Jenny Lake was my favorite in the Tetons – you can take a boat ride (for a fee) across the lake and make the hike shorter, but I hiked around the lake and got some great pics.  I saw 2 elk on the way around the lake. 

Hidden Falls

On the way back on the Hidden Falls trail I took the Moose Ponds trail and got some great shots of a bull moose that was hanging around the ponds.  Thanks to my awesome camera, I was able to get some good pictures without getting very close to him.  He was munching on grass and drinking a lot of water.

Here is some video of the big guy:

After that amazing encounter, I finished my hike around Jenny Lake. 

Here are some shots of the Tetons from just outside the park entrance (the main road runs North-South just east of the park entrance).  Buck Mountain (one of the Teton mountains) is in there somewhere…

I also hiked the Taggert Lake trail and it is very scenic – as you can see below.

Here is Taggert Lake – the water is unbelievably clear.

My last hike in the Grand Tetons was a two mile figure eight hike at Colter Bay on the north end of the park.  This area offers a slightly different view of the Tetons.

Highlights from my Yellowstone National Park visit are coming up next.