Grand Tetons

In July we also camped in the Grand Tetons National Park.  We only stayed two nights so we took one hike on the day after we arrived.  We took the boat across Jenny Lake and hiked the Swift Current Canyon Trail which was a good choice.  Many of the trails were snowed in with the late heavy snows still very evident.  The creeks were really high for July with beautiful waterfalls.  The top of our trail was in snow and was beautiful.  We met a lady on the way down the trail who had come up the canyon next to Swift Current and crossed over to come down Swift Current trail.  She had an ice axe which she said she had used on the crossing which in July is usually just a trail.  So we kept up with her on the way down the trail until the last couple of miles which is what got us off the trail before the huge storm hit.  The storm was so dramatic coming across the mountains with high wind and sheets of rain.  We really loved the scenery and wildness of the high country in the Tetons so we will be going back there to do more hikes and backpacks.

Below are some photos from the Tetons.

Boat ride across Jenny Lake

View back across Jenny Lake on the way up the Swift Current Canyon trail.

The ever present western mule train.

High water in all the creeks -- this gives a sample of what we had with us all the way up the Swift Current Canyon except for the small area that was more like lakes and pools.