Best Easy Day Hikes Grand TetonGrand Teton National Park in Wyoming is one of the most scenic and spectacular national parks in the world. This guide features trail descriptions and maps for twenty great short hikes. |
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Christian Pond | 9 |
Lakeshore Trail | 11 |
String Lake | 14 |
Swan Lake and Heron Pond | 17 |
Moose Ponds | 21 |
Lookout Rock | 24 |
Willow Flats Shuttle | 27 |
Leigh Lake | 31 |
Glade Creek | 46 |
Willow Flats Loop | 49 |
Two Ocean Lake | 53 |
Jenny Lake | 56 |
Cascade Canyon | 60 |
Signal Mountain | 64 |
Hermitage Point | 67 |
Surprise and Amphitheater Lakes | 72 |
Grand View Point | 34 |
Taggart Lake | 37 |
Bradley Lake | 40 |
Phelps Lake | 43 |
Preserving Grand Teton | 75 |
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Best months boat Bradley Lake bridge Canyon Trail Cascade Canyon Christian Pond climb Colter Bay coming Creek Trail cross cutoff trail Description Distance drive Earthwalk Press Grand east easy Elevation feet enjoy entrance station Finding the trailhead Follow forest Garnet Canyon Go left goes Grand Teton National Grand View Point head Heron Pond hike Jackson Lake Junction Jackson Lake Lodge Jackson Lake Overlook Key Points Kilometer Lake Trail leave Leigh Lake Lookout Rock loop Lupine Meadows mile Moose Moran Mount Ocean Lake Option park road pass paved Phelps Lake Picnic Area reach route Second Creek shore short Signal Mountain signs Snake River South Jenny Lake Starting point String Lake Swan Lake Taggart Lake tember Teton map Teton National Park Teton Range trip turn left west turn right turn right west U.S. Highway 89 Valley Trail Visitor Center walk Willow Flats
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עמוד 3 - Rainier is like visiting a famous museum. You obviously do not want to leave your mark on an art treasure in the museum. If everybody going through the museum left one little mark, the piece of art would be quickly destroyed— and of what value is a big building full of trashed art? The same goes for a pristine wilderness such as Mount Rainier, which is as magnificent as any masterpiece by any artist.
עמוד 5 - Be sure you leave nothing, regardless of how small it is, along the trail or at your campsite. This means you should pack out everything, including orange peels, flip tops, cigarette butts, and gum wrappers. Also, pick up any trash that others leave behind. Follow the main trail. Avoid cutting switchbacks and walking on vegetation beside the trail. Don't pick up "souvenirs," such as rocks, antlers, or wildflowers.
עמוד 5 - Zero impact — and put your ear to the ground in the wilderness and listen carefully. Thousands of people coming behind you are thanking you for your courtesy and good sense. Make It a Safe Trip The Boy Scouts of America have been guided for decades by what is perhaps the best single piece of safety advice: "Be Prepared!
עמוד 4 - Nowadays most wilderness users want to walk softly, but some aren't aware that they have poor manners. Often their actions are dictated by the outdated habits of a past generation of campers who cut green boughs for evening shelters, built campfires with fire rings, and dug trenches around tents. In the 1950s, these "camping rules
עמוד 4 - PRINCIPLES OF ZERO IMPACT • Leave with everything you brought in. • Leave no sign of your visit. • Leave the landscape as you found it. Most of us know better than to litter— in or out of the backcountry. Be sure you leave nothing, regardless of how small it is, along the trail or at your campsite. This means you should pack out everything, including orange peels, flip tops, cigarette butts, and gum wrappers.
עמוד 4 - The same goes for a pristine wilderness such as the backcountry, which is as magnificent as any masterpiece by any artist. If we all left just one little mark on the landscape, the wilderness would soon be despoiled. • A wilderness can accommodate human use as long as everybody behaves.
עמוד 3 - Ranking the Hikes Although the hikes in this book are relatively easy, some are longer and have more elevation change than others. Here's a list of the hikes in order of difficulty, from easiest to hardest.