On our second day in Grand Teton National Park we went to do some more hiking and started at a place Lucy was particularly keen to visit – Taggart Lake.

It was a total 7.5 mile hike as we went on past Taggart Lake itself (photos above) to a second lake called Bradley Lake (photos below).

There’s loads of these little forest rodents, which are either Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels or Least Chipmunks according to our guide, which always scurry around, but they enjoyed some of our cracker crumbs when we stopped to sit by the lake for a bit 🙂

Both the lakes were really clear and blue and it was a nice hike up through the forest to get there. A popular spot, it was very busy at the parking area by the time we got back down around lunch time. It pays to get out earlier on these hikes if you can – although it took us a while to get down that day as the traffic was heavy and there’d been some accident on the teton moutain pass.

When we got back to Victor we of course went to some of the other local breweries nearby to us to sample the other local beer, starting at Guidepost Brewing and the moving on to Refuge Taphouse. Both very nice.

The following day, which was our last day staying in Grand Teton National Park we went in to the mountain town of Jackson, and the nearby ‘Jackson Hole’ which in the winter is a ski resort town, but at this time of year the slopes were shut, and you could instead get a aerial tram up to the peak of the mountain.

We probably weren’t very prepared for this trip as it was warm and sunny in town so we were in shorts and t-shirts, but by the time you’d ascended the 4,139 vertical feet from the Teton Village area up to the 10,450-foot summit of Rendezvous Mountain (taking about 12 minutes) it was much cooler and windier. We at least had jumpers with us though and when you were out of the wind it was still pretty mild.

There was a nice ski hut chalet, called Corbets Cabin, at the top which specialises in coffee and waffles so we stopped there for a snack…the waffles were awesome, but messy!

and then did some of the short walks at the top which gave amazing panoramic views over the valley and all the mountains nearby. There’s even a viewing platform up there which offered great views, but swayed a bit in the wind!

When we got back down on the aerial tram we went in to the town itself at Jackson, which had loads of interesting shops including a really random shop selling all kinds of western themed stuff, including these taxidermy…..art, things?! (mum we’ve got you one for your birthday, I think the card one would fit well in your flat!)

The town square was nice, it had some famous arches made out of loads of antlers, and there was a famous cowboy themed bar which we popped in to have a look around (no drinks there though)

We did have a quick drink and snack at Snake River Brewing which was in Jackson, before heading back home.

That was our last day in Grand Teton, we were sad to leave as we had a lovely Airbnb there which really felt like home (and was massive!), but we’ve moved on today to Yellowstone National Park. Just settling in and planning to head out to the park tomorrow, so more updates and photos soon from our stay here.

Si