2016 Summer Mountain Trip Part 16; Grand Teton National Park and the nebulous disconnect in the US Routes
After leaving Yellowstone National Park I entered Grand Teton National Park on John D. Rockerfeller Memorial Parkway which follows the Snake River along to the east shore of Jackson Lake. This blog serves as the 16th entry in the 2016 Summer Mountain Trip Series; Part 15 can be found here: 2016 Summer Mountain Trip Part 15; Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Loop Road Grand Teton National Park consists of a large swath of area protecting much of the Teton Range in northwestern Wyoming. The Teton Range is a 40 mile north/south sub-range of the Rocky Mountains. Amusingly the word "teton" is French for "nipple" which early explorers thought the high peaks resembled. The Tetons are known for steep peaks ascending over Jackson Hole with the tallest being Grand Teton at 13,775 feet above sea level. Early conservation efforts after the establishment of Yellowstone National Park sought to include the Teton Range within the southern park boundary if not Ja...