Three decades ago, in the dead of winter, my wife and I took a break from cross-country skiing by signing up for a snowshoe outing to learn winter ecology from a park ranger. After teaching the class how to shuffle-turn without falling, he pronounced us experts and off we went. At one point, he dropped our jaws by suddenly plunging into a stream, snowshoes and all, to extract a bottom rock bearing squirming insect larva coating its bottom. It’s not only elk surviving winter in the park! After that, we made sure to attend all campfire talks when we happened upon them.
Sincerely,
Grand Teton National Park
This spectacular destination preserves a dramatic stretch of the Teton Range bordering the Snake River. One of the unusual features of these distinctive mountains is the absence of foothills, meaning that there are no smaller mountains blocking the view. The park also features glacier-carved lakes, a historic district of weathered buildings made by 19th century Mormon homesteaders, and an abundance of wildlife large and small, including nearly 1,000 bison that roam the grassy fields in herds.
State(s): Wyoming
Established: 1929
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