Grand Teton National Park: Nature
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Granite Canyon
Granite Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago, leaving behind a U-shaped valley.
Grand Teton
National park peak and hiking destination Grand Teton is the highest mountain in Grand Teton National Park, in Northwest Wyoming, and a classic destination in American mountaineering.
String Lake
String Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The natural lake is located at the outflow of Leigh Lake. A small wetland area is on the northwest side of the lake and is prime moose habitat. A short half mile long creek connects String Lake to Jenny Lake to the south.
Jenny Lake
Boating and hiking in dramatic surrounds Jenny Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The lake was formed approximately 12,000 years ago by glaciers pushing rock debris which carved Cascade Canyon during the last glacial maximum, forming a terminal moraine which now impounds the lake.
Trapper Lake
Trapper Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. Trapper Lake is only 0.10 mi north of Bearpaw Lake and at the eastern base of Mount Moran.
Signal Mountain
Signal Mountain is an isolated summit standing 7,720 feet above sea level. The mountain is located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming.
Bradley Lake
Bradley Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The glacially formed lake is located near the terminus of Garnet Canyon.
Death Canyon
Death Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago, leaving behind a U-shaped valley.
Marion Lake
Marion Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. Marion Lake is situated near the head of Granite Canyon and is adjacent to the Teton Crest Trail.
Taggart Lake
Taggart Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The natural lake is located at the terminus of Avalanche Canyon.
Surprise Lake
Surprise Lake is a lake in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. Surprise Lake is on.20 miles east of Amphitheater Lake and can be accessed via a strenuous climb of just under 10 miles round trip from the Lupine Meadows trailhead.
Two Ocean Lake
Two Ocean Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The glacially formed lake is 2.4 miles long and can be reached from a parking area adjacent to the lake.
Middle Teton
Alpine summit in a national park Middle Teton is the third-highest peak in the Teton Range, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Located within Grand Teton National Park, the peak is immediately southwest of Grand Teton, from which it is separated by a broad high ridge at 11,600 feet, known to local climbers as the Lower Saddle.
Holly Lake
Holly Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. Holly Lake is situated in Paintbrush Canyon and is.70 miles SSW of Mount Woodring.
Mount Moran
Flat-topped national park summit Mount Moran is a mountain in Grand Teton National Park of western Wyoming, USA. The mountain is named for Thomas Moran, an American western frontier landscape artist.
Cascade Canyon
Cascade Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago.
Paintbrush Canyon
Paintbrush Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago.
Garnet Canyon
Garnet Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by retreating glaciers which reached their last glacial maximum around 15,000 years ago.
Blacktail Butte
Blacktail Butte is a butte mountain landform rising from Jackson Hole valley in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Blacktail Butte was originally named Upper Gros Ventre Butte in an early historical survey conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey.
South Teton
South Teton is the fifth-highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is south of Middle Teton and just west of Cloudveil Dome and is part of the Cathedral Group of high Teton peaks.
Mount Saint John
Mount Saint John, height 11,435 feet, is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, northwest of Jenny Lake.
Disappointment Peak
Disappointment Peak is in the Teton Range of Wyoming, in Grand Teton National Park and immediately southeast of Grand Teton. The peak is part of the Cathedral Group, a region of the Tetons noted for particularly rugged mountains.
Bearpaw Lake
Bearpaw Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. Bearpaw Lake is south of Trapper Lake and north of Leigh Lake. Bearpaw Lake is an easy to moderate 8-mile round trip hike along the Leigh Lake Trail.
Jackson Lake
Glacial waters for boating and fishing Jackson Lake is in Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming. This natural lake was enlarged by the construction of the Jackson Lake Dam, which was originally built in 1911, enlarged in 1916 and rebuilt by 1989.
Teewinot Mountain
Teewinot Mountain is the sixth highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The name of the mountain is derived from the Shoshone Native American word meaning "many pinnacles".
Snowdrift Lake
Snowdrift Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. This alpine lake is a.5 miles north of Mount Wister and Veiled Peak Just.35 miles to the north lies Kit Lake.
Ramshead Lake
Ramshead Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. Situated within Hanging Canyon, Ramshead Lake is flanked by Mount Saint John to the northwest and Symmetry Spire to the south.
Symmetry Spire
Symmetry Spire is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The mountain, first climbed via the east ridge route on August 20, 1929, by Fritiof Fryxell and Phil Smith, towers above the northwest shore of Jenny Lake and Cascade Canyon.
Nez Perce Peak
Nez Perce Peak is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, immediately southeast of Grand Teton. The peak is in the central portions of the range, immediately east of Cloudveil Dome and is sometimes considered to be part of what is collectively known as the Cathedral Group.
Static Peak
Static Peak is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Located.48 miles southeast of Buck Mountain, the summit is also east of the Alaska Basin Trail, from a point known as Static Peak Divide, the summit can be climbed in a scramble.
Lake Taminah
Lake Taminah is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. This alpine lake is a.5 miles northeast of Mount Wister and a little over a half mile south of Cloudveil Dome Lake Taminah lies within Avalanche Canyon and is.5 miles east and almost 1,000 feet lower in elevation than Snowdrift Lake.
Waterfalls Canyon
Waterfalls Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago, leaving behind a U-shaped valley.
Jackson Lake Ranger Station
The Jackson Lake Ranger Station is the last Depression-era U.S. Forest Service ranger station in its original location in Grand Teton National Park.
Hanging Canyon
Hanging Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago, leaving behind a U-shaped valley.
Emma Matilda Lake
Emma Matilda Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The lake is named after the wife of William O. Owen who was the first, along with three other climbers, to ascend to the summit of Grand Teton in 1898.
Maidenform Peak
Maidenform Peak SSW of Cleaver Peak. Cirque Lake is immediately east of the peak.
Mount Bannon
Mount Bannon is located in the Teton Range, on the border of Caribou-Targhee National Forest and Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is named for Thomas M Bannon and rises to the west above Death Canyon.
The Jaw
The Jaw is a mountain located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Jaw is.50 miles WNW of Rock of Ages and.75 miles WSW of Mount Saint John The summit is at the head of Hanging Canyon.
Phelps Lake
Phelps Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The natural lake is located at the entrance to Death Canyon in the southern section of the park.
Teepe Pillar
Teepe Pillar is located in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, immediately south of Grand Teton. The peak is the seventh highest in the Teton Range.
Mount Owen
Mount Owen is the second highest peak in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is named after William O. Owen, who organized the first documented ascent of the Grand Teton in 1898.
Lake of the Crags
Lake of the Crags is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. Situated at the head of Hanging Canyon, the Lake of the Crags is flanked by Mount Saint John to the northwest, Rock of Ages to the southwest and Symmetry Spire to the southeast.
Hanging Canyon
Hanging Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago, leaving behind a U-shaped valley.
Delta Lake
Delta Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Delta Lake is situated in Glacier Gulch and is fed rock flour from the Teton Glacier, which turns the water turquoise in appearance.
Kit Lake
Kit Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. This small alpine lake is a.75 miles west of South Teton and.35 miles north of Snowdrift Lake.
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