![]() ![]() Twenty minutes away is another lake, Mica Lake. ![]() Lake Solitude is among the most visited backcountry lakes in Grand Teton National Park. The trail up is steep, but the reward of a couple rarely-visited glacial-fed lakes, ringed by towering granite walls, makes it all well worth it. But there’s a trail, albeit one not marked on maps, on the west shore of Jenny Lake. Looking up at Hanging Canyon, tucked between the much larger Cascade and Paintbrush canyons, from the far shore of Jenny Lake, you can’t imagine many others, aside from rock climbers and mountain goats, who would visit its exiguous reaches. Hanging Canyonįew places in Grand Teton National Park are so aptly named. On the way down, look for Rimrock Lake hanging in a tiny cirque high above the south side of Death Canyon. It’s 17-miles round-trip from the Death Canyon trailhead and, yes, the trail to the top climbs 5,000-some feet, but you don’t need to worry about pulling any rock climbing moves along the way. Static Peak is one of the few truly non-technical summits in the Tetons. The trail is mostly flat, so the latter option is manageable if you so choose. Do its 22 miles as an overnight or as a long day trip. The best part of this out-and-back is that its turnaround point is a natural hot spring at the base of a thundering waterfall. You eventually emerge into giant grassy meadows, which are favorite areas for the park’s grizzlies. Tucked in the least visited corner of Yellowstone National Park, this hike starts out paralleling a river through a pine forest. It’s $5 per ride and comes with priceless views of the valley, Flat Creek, the National Elk Refuge, the entire Teton Range, and, on clear days, even some of Yellowstone’s mountains. Because it can be done in a longish lunch hour, expect to see lots of people, and twice as many dogs! Snow King is popular not only because it’s right downtown, but also because there’s a lift you can ride down to save your knees. 8-mile from the Town Square, Snow King is the valley’s summertime social hub. ![]() All are, for one reason or another, awesome. But if you’re just passing through and only have a couple of days, here are the Top 10 Hikes in Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park (with one Yellowstone entry) that you simply cannot miss. I’ve lived here for almost 20 years and I still discover great new hikes every summer. Even if you were given a decade, you probably couldn’t hike everything. ![]()
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