I took a trip to the tetons a while ago for the 4th and forgot to put this up.
But the tetons are incredibly beautiful and I still havent put up any pictures like a little dork but anyways I will its just re-saving them so that they arent 2 or 3 MB so that they are 500KB or whatever. I dont know. Anyways
If looking for hiking and or backcountry camping you need a permit to go off of the trails because it is a national park. Overnight camping in yellowstone also need a permit. In the tetons to go rock climbing is the main thing that you need a permit for and if you want to figure out awsome spots I recomend asking anyone at leeks marina but I am willing to be that anyone that works at pretty much any of the resorts there will probably know. The main reason that these people are there besides spending their summer on a lake at the base of the tetons is that in their spare time they are climbers and backcountry campers. I know a guy at the leeks marina and that is all that all of the people there do. They know all the different routes up all the main mountains and which ones to do depending on your skill level.
I took the jenny lake ferry to this trail and I guess it is the most used trail in all of the tetons. For a good reason too. This is where I saw 2 moose and the sign board says that most people see something every day. it also gives you a very close up view of the tetons and well it is just very pretty the whole way up.
Also recommended was devil's canyon and this is supposed to be prettier and a little bit harder. Between Jenny lake and Jackson Hole (the ski area) there is a dirt road that links the two and you will see the trail head to the west there is a small road that will take you to it.
The tetons are supposed to be better for moose
Yellowstone
Old faithful is cool but it can be a waste of time. Very commercialized. But I recomend the Ice cream.
The black sand basin or whatever eehh not so hot.
I did like the walk up around the upper crazy area by old faithful.
Grand Prismatic Spring is just awsome I highly recomend it.
I also recomend taking ALL of the side roads that they offer you will see what I am talking about because it lets you basically take your car to places you would normally have to hike to. I especially recommend going to all the side roads with falls.
the mud volcanoe is cool.
I liked the Mammoth Hot springs the best. It is worth the time that you spend here. there is a small upper trail by car that you must make sure not to miss. There is a huge 15 foot tall orange mound that has water running over it and it is just crazy. the mammoth hot springs have awsome back drops of valley and mountians. the mammoth city is where I would stay if I was going to stay in a hotel because the city is so picturesque.
Also make sure to drive from mammoth to the tower falls. This is where I saw a bear and also this is probably the prettiest views that I saw in the park.
DO NOT STOP at the PETREFIED TREE it is lame unless you have never seen petrefied wood before.
The tower falls are awsome and it is a short walk to the bottom of the falls.
The grand canyon of the yellowstone is pretty awsome and you need to take uncle tom's trail hike both the upper and the lower falls.
If you go there make sure to try and be on the side where if you are facing the falls you are on the left. from artists point you really should go there too. there is a hike up to lilly pad lake and it is just incredible and also to ribbon lake and these are cool too. The one thing that I wanted to do but didnt was go to the other side to see the silver string cascades I think it was but I tried to hike to them and well ???? but the ribbon lakes where awsome but bring runnig shoes cause that is about the only way to escape the mosquitoes.
But the tetons are incredibly beautiful and I still havent put up any pictures like a little dork but anyways I will its just re-saving them so that they arent 2 or 3 MB so that they are 500KB or whatever. I dont know. Anyways
If looking for hiking and or backcountry camping you need a permit to go off of the trails because it is a national park. Overnight camping in yellowstone also need a permit. In the tetons to go rock climbing is the main thing that you need a permit for and if you want to figure out awsome spots I recomend asking anyone at leeks marina but I am willing to be that anyone that works at pretty much any of the resorts there will probably know. The main reason that these people are there besides spending their summer on a lake at the base of the tetons is that in their spare time they are climbers and backcountry campers. I know a guy at the leeks marina and that is all that all of the people there do. They know all the different routes up all the main mountains and which ones to do depending on your skill level.
I took the jenny lake ferry to this trail and I guess it is the most used trail in all of the tetons. For a good reason too. This is where I saw 2 moose and the sign board says that most people see something every day. it also gives you a very close up view of the tetons and well it is just very pretty the whole way up.
Also recommended was devil's canyon and this is supposed to be prettier and a little bit harder. Between Jenny lake and Jackson Hole (the ski area) there is a dirt road that links the two and you will see the trail head to the west there is a small road that will take you to it.
The tetons are supposed to be better for moose
Yellowstone
Old faithful is cool but it can be a waste of time. Very commercialized. But I recomend the Ice cream.
The black sand basin or whatever eehh not so hot.
I did like the walk up around the upper crazy area by old faithful.
Grand Prismatic Spring is just awsome I highly recomend it.
I also recomend taking ALL of the side roads that they offer you will see what I am talking about because it lets you basically take your car to places you would normally have to hike to. I especially recommend going to all the side roads with falls.
the mud volcanoe is cool.
I liked the Mammoth Hot springs the best. It is worth the time that you spend here. there is a small upper trail by car that you must make sure not to miss. There is a huge 15 foot tall orange mound that has water running over it and it is just crazy. the mammoth hot springs have awsome back drops of valley and mountians. the mammoth city is where I would stay if I was going to stay in a hotel because the city is so picturesque.
Also make sure to drive from mammoth to the tower falls. This is where I saw a bear and also this is probably the prettiest views that I saw in the park.
DO NOT STOP at the PETREFIED TREE it is lame unless you have never seen petrefied wood before.
The tower falls are awsome and it is a short walk to the bottom of the falls.
The grand canyon of the yellowstone is pretty awsome and you need to take uncle tom's trail hike both the upper and the lower falls.
If you go there make sure to try and be on the side where if you are facing the falls you are on the left. from artists point you really should go there too. there is a hike up to lilly pad lake and it is just incredible and also to ribbon lake and these are cool too. The one thing that I wanted to do but didnt was go to the other side to see the silver string cascades I think it was but I tried to hike to them and well ???? but the ribbon lakes where awsome but bring runnig shoes cause that is about the only way to escape the mosquitoes.
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