Teton & Yellowstone

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I spent today seeing more of Grand Teton National Park. I headed into town for a couple more pictures without rain. I did some hiking around the Jenny Lake and Cascade Canyon part of the park. It was a pleasant day with temps in the 60's and partly sunny. There are 2 lakes in the park, a small one, Jenny Lake and a very large one, Jackson Lake, to the north. I originally planned to bypass Yellowstone because I have been there 6-7 times in winter on snowmobile trips. The plan was to drive into Idaho on a road north of Teton called Grassy Lake Road, a gravel road that winds through the mountains for about 40 miles to the town of Ashton, ID. In talking to a young guy who works as a tour guide at the Silver Dollar Bar last night, I asked him about that route and he said that it is beautiful, but to ask the rangers if it's open before heading there. Well, it did open today, but was only open a few miles, still snowed in. The Rockies got a tremendous amount of snow this spring and I guess it will take a while to melt.

So, I headed north into Yellowstone. I have never been to the southern part of the park on the sleds, so I got to see some new places: Lewis River Canyon, Lewis Lake and Black Sand Geyser Basin. This part of the park still had good size remnants of snow plow banks and Lewis Lake was still iced in. After temps in the 60's, the temps here dropped into the high 40's. I only saw one elk along the road and got a quick picture driving by, but the buffalo were plentiful and I took a couple of shots of them. I left the park through the west entrance at the town of West Yellowstone, MT, where we stay for the sled trips and it brought back a lot of good memories.

I wanted to put some more miles on and get a little closer to my next destination, Glacier National Park, so I drove US 287 northwest from West Yellowstone. It was a great ride along the Madison River. I pushed on and made it to Missoula, where I'll spend the night. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll get to Glacier, about 3 hours north in time to get a campsite.

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Photos

Alaska Trip b 002
They rebuild the Arches With New Antlers Every 2 Years

Jackson
First Picture of me--Check Out The New Hiking Boots!!

Jenny Lake-Teton
Jenny Lake-Teton

Jackson Lake
From North End of Park

Lewis River Canyon-Yellowstone
Still Showing Damage From The Fire of 1988

Lewis Lake-Yellowstone
June 1st and still a Lot of Ice

Yellowstone Elk
This is The Only One I Saw. They've all moved to the Higher Elevations.

Yellowstone Bison
I still prefer "Buffalo"

Comments

[Mr. Puggle]

Jenny Lake
WOW! Love the Jenny lake. So beautiful. tee hee hee

[Mr. Puggle]

Awesome Shot
That is an awesome shot of Jackson lake!