Grand Teton National Park Travel Guide

Introduction

Long before you reach the entrance to Grand Teton National Park, your sights will be set on the towering spires of the Teton Range -- those signature hornlike peaks made famous through countless photographs. This park commands the imagination and envelops the senses from the moment of arrival.

Creatures great and small thrive in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. Bald eagles and osprey soar above the banks of the Snake River in Grand Teton, moose munch their way through meadows of native foliage, and elk and buffalo lazily traverse the park on the same roads as visitors.

When John Colter, a scout for Lewis and Clark, first wandered this way in 1807, his descriptions of geysers and sulfurous hot pools and towering waterfalls drew jeers and suspicion. No one doubts him now, but these are still places you should see for yourself. The explorers of today come in minivans and on bicycles, aboard snowmobiles and telemark skis, and in such numbers that the parks sometimes...