in this video we're gonna teach you the top 12 things to see and do
when you're visiting grand tetons national park
Hey you guys! Thanks for joining us on another journey today we're in the tetons national park in
wyoming and this is April and i'm Wayne oh yeah so sit back, relax and enjoy the journey!
so we're out here at the grand tetons national park it's just a little bit south of yellowstone
if you're planning a yellowstone trip i definitely suggest putting in the grand
tetons into that trip as well it's definitely a twofer if you have the national parks pass
obviously you can get into both of those parks and it'll save you well actually both of those
parks about cost you almost what a national parks pass costs so it's definitely worth picking one up
if you're over the age of 62 you can always get the golden life pass as well and that way you
can visit the parks for the rest of your life for free. we have come to the tetons many times
over the years the one thing that you're going to definitely want to check out is Mormon Row
formerly known as the town of Grovont more Mormon Row was settled in the late 1890s by Mormons from the
Salt Lake region some of the most iconic images of grand teton national park are taken here
and once you see the location you'll understand why these historic homesteads have one of the best
scenic backdrops found anywhere in the world like could you imagine having that as your backyard
that would be so amazing yes i love the tetons. we're on the boat at jenny lake we feel like this
is one of the highlights of grand teton national park the boat ride costs $18 for adults 12 years to
61 years seniors round trip 62 years old and over are $15 if you just want to do a one-way ride it is
$10 and children are ten dollars as well from two to eleven my suggestion is be the first boat ride
over at seven a.m in the summer that way you have more of an opportunity to see the animals fun fact
there was a massive glacier that flowed out of cascade canyon which is to the
southwest and when the glacier receded it deposited the moraines that dam jenny lake
top thing to do is to check out the snake river overlook it's famous because of
ansel adams did you know that your favorite artist yes my favorite photographer in 1942
he took the iconic picture of the snake river and it's meandering curves with the tetons in
the background this is definitely a place to check out many people come here to see the view and they
attempt to recreate the photo for themselves and what's nice about this is you just drive
no effort needed you know out of all the national parks you gotta do the grand teton sign
it is such an amazing backdrop for a picture of you and the family yeah it's it's a kind of
cheesy touristy thing to do but it's well worth it come with us we're at leigh lake trailhead along the
split lake trail it's a good easy start hike it's flat ground it's got some beautiful views along
the way unfortunately when we went there in june and the mosquitoes were a little heavy april doing
the mosquito dance--see card above--but just bring your mosquito spray you'll be fine the trail is about four and
a half miles out and back we went a ways into the primitive campsite area and kind of explored
check things out and i highly suggest doing that because it turns into like a totally different
hike once you cross the bridge and you're on the other side of the other lake where the primitive
camping is it becomes a totally different hike and you're just by yourself the nature comes
alive hear that? what? the tweety-tweet of the bird no other sound except the wind through the leaves
isn't that magical yes it is
if you get there in june or july the wildflowers are absolutely amazing and they're everywhere
to inspiration point once you've crossed the beautiful jenny lake you get off the boat ride
and then you can take the short trail to the hidden falls which is a thundering cascade
dropping 200 feet down a series of rocky ledges it looks like the most amazing waterfall forever yeah
it's beautiful then you can go from that same trail and climb up to inspiration point which has
amazing views of the lake the lake and the gros ventre mountains to the east. the water is such a
magnificent color can't can't even describe it and pitchers don't do it justice but we try this is a
really popular hike whether it's the hidden falls alone or the hidden falls and the inspiration
point hike get there early especially in the summer time and try to beat the crowds when you
come to grand tetons and you do the taggart lake beaver creek loop what's nice about this trail is
it's pretty well groomed it's pretty flat and there's some boulders every once in a while but
for the most part it's an easy hike a little bit of elevation gain but not too much i think it's
about 500 foot can you imagine being a discoverer of some of this you know amazing country
all around us back in the day long long time ago? yeah it's about a five miles all the way
around but if you go to the right instead of the left at the beginning you will have a much easier
incline it's about three miles or so to taggart lake and if you come up this way it's a little bit
uphill for just this little area and then it's all downhill the whole way what's your final thoughts
on lake it's a beautiful hike well worth it we did the full five miles highly suggest it
animals are definitely the thing that you are there to see you're in mother nature travel tip
for you when you're getting ready to plan your trip to tetons or yellowstone and you're looking
at getting that bear spray get bear spray i know you're gonna be tempted by that three dollar bear
bell but do not buy the bear bell i don't know where this came from all it does is scare the
bears away which means you don't see the bears or any of the other animals you're not allowed
to pack bear spray or bring it onto a plane so don't buy it at home not going to do you any good
so the jenny lake trail is a 7.9 mile heavily traffic loop and that takes you around the lake
instead of taking boat ride if you get to early again you might be lucky enough
to see some animals like moose elk bear it is rated as moderate so it's not for the beginners
yeah it's it's it's a tough hike if only in the fact that it's eight miles
where to eat? jackson's the place that you want to go out and have parties and hit the million
dollar saloon get your picture taken by the elk antler arches and kind of be a tourist
for at least a couple hours. it's a cool old town in the winter time they do ice skating
rink right there in the square that's the way i need to do it with crash helme.s
if you're on a road trip to the grand tetons there are plenty of places to stay whether you're in
your rv tent camping you want a hotel airbnb even a cabin and keep in mind if you just travel just
a little outside of jackson you're going to find a lot cheaper accommodations we've stayed in driggs
idaho for very little money we've also stayed in tetonia idaho you can stay in jackson but
it's not go travel on the cheap friendly it it definitely gets up there you can spend three
four hundred dollars a night in jackson in tourist season and not get much of a place we went in the
off season at the very beginning of our channel oh we stayed across from the deer yeah elk refuge inn
is the name of the motel we stayed in but yes we love it in the winter time winter time
is a great time to come out there's so many things that you can do from renting snowmobiles
to snowshoes snowshoeing we tried cross-country skiing which was an absolute cluster yeah we
weren't good at that--especially Wayne. i failed miserably i'm a good snowboarder but obviously
i can't snow ski at all i i do like the part where the girl was dragging you up
on the skis. but let's refer to card above where Wayne biffed out on his cross-country skis
yeah i did good did i hurt the camera just uh take the camera you guys been doing this a while long
enough to know where to go oh okay awesome whoo thank you so much it was fun yeah it was fun great
hey at least we tried it and we rent cross-country skis from a local um place in jackson super
affordable we had our own snow shoes but you can rent snow shoes for about $10-15 what we got to
snowshoe across jackson lake and that was insanely awesome that's like one of the best memories yeah
we got stuck in a blizzard we highly suggest going to tetons in the wintertime as well. We want to
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