Both trails are also popular snowshoeing routes in winter. For a more moderate hike, it’s well worth the extra steps to tack on the Taggart Lake-Bradley Lake Loop, which takes you 5.6 miles to both lakes. The three-mile round-trip trail rises just over 300 feet as it crosses bridges and weaves through a grove of quaking aspen trees, whose leaves tremble at the slightest breeze. ( Take great travel photos with these essential tips.) Where to find the park’s best hikesīeginning at the Taggart Lake Trailhead on Teton Park Road, Taggart Lake is an easy hike that leads to a gorgeous lakeside picnic spot, where the Tetons reflect in the water. Look for the Snake River Overlook turnout sign off Highway 191/89. The famous viewpoint captured by photographer Ansel Adams in 1942 highlights the curving river framed by the towering Tetons. Nearby, the Snake River Overlook is another vista Shelesky recommends. But the park is also ideal for leisurely activities like biking, photography, and canoeing-set against the backdrop of the meandering Snake River, numerous lakes and streams, and the Grand Teton range. Today, adventure athletes travel to the park to climb historic mountaineering routes, backpack into wildflower-strewn basins, or ski down advanced backcountry slopes in winter. The 1800s homesteading tradition in the nearby town of Jackson gives the valley its moniker “The Last of the Old West.” Gazing out at verdant plains, towering crags, and fields of lemon-yellow balsamroot blooms, visitors understand why the park has become an emblem of the American West.
One of the Tetons’ tallest peaks, Teewinot, meaning “many pinnacles” in the Shoshone language, references the region’s ancestral roots. Some 200 years ago these majestic mountains were called Pilot Knobs by fur trappers because they could be seen from miles away. Photograph by Tom Murphy, Nat Geo Image Collection Right: In the fall, quaking aspen trees bring golden color to Grand Teton National Park.
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