Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park covers the Teton Range and much of the Jackson Hole valley floor, protecting some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in North America. The classic view — the jagged Teton peaks reflected in the still water of the Snake River — is one of the most photographed landscapes on the continent, and deservedly so.

The park has trails for every level, from the flat river-walk paths along the Snake and through the wetlands at Oxbow Bend (superb for moose and bird watching) to the strenuous 20-km round trip to the summit of the Grand Teton itself. The most popular day hike is the Cascade Canyon Trail, which leads into a U-shaped glacial valley between towering walls of rock. The lake shore trails at Jenny Lake are accessible and scenic. Wildlife is a major draw: black and grizzly bears, moose, elk, pronghorn, and wolves all live in the park, and patient visitors with binoculars will likely see several species.

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The Teton Range is one of the youngest mountain ranges in the Rockies — geologically speaking, barely 10 million years old — and has none of the foothills that most ranges accumulate over time. The peaks rise directly from the valley floor in a single dramatic step, which is why the view from the Jackson Hole valley floor is so instantly dramatic. The Grand Teton itself reaches 4,199 metres and was first climbed by William Owen in 1898.