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Grand Teton and Yellowstone Trip 9/2/06 to 9/10/06



9/2: flew to Jackson Hole.
9/3: went to Jackson Hole and Idaho, got gear, saw Schwabachers Landing.
9/4: went to Teton Village, took the tram up rendezvous mountain, hiked to Marion Lake.
9/5: hiked through Death Canyon Shelf and past Meek Pass and into the Alaska Basin to Basin Lakes.
9/6: bear encounter in the morning, hiked up hurricane pass and into south fork and camped at North end of south fork.
9/7: hiked up to Lake Solitude, and past Paintbrush divide and to Holly Lake.
9/8:summitted Mt. Woodring, hiked out to String Lake Parking Lot, had moose encounter two miles from end of hike, had dinner and beer at Signal Mountain Lodge, camped at Jenny Lake campground.
9/9:drove through Yellowstone seeing Old Faithful, other geysers, canyons, and many bison, camped at Jenny Lake Campground.
9/10:flew back to boston.


Grand Teton Mountains from Idaho side


Grand Teton Mountains above the snake river from Schwabachers Landing


Mt Woodring (which we summitted) in the middle. Mt Moran on right.


View from Rendezvous Mountain


The trail to Marion Lake


Deer at Marion Lake Camp


Marion Lake


Approaching the Death Canyon Shelf


Death Canyon


Death Canyon Shelf


Bug on Death Canyon Shelf


Group Photo, Ryan, Matt, and Gops


Meek Pass


Approaching the Alaskin Basin


One of the Alaskan Basin Lakes


Bear


A Marmot, Pika or Vol


Hurricane Pass rising above Sunset Lake.


Sunset Lake and Alaskan Basin


Battleship Mountain


The Tetons are getting closer


The Tetons are here (Grand and Middle Teton)


Looking North into South Fork and Paintbrush Divide


Mt. Moran in Back. Mt. Woodring on the right (in front of Mt. Moran)


Schoolroom Glacier


Snow melting into a waterfall


A waterfall in back of Gops and Ryan


Female Moose


a young deer or fawn


Lake Solitude


Teewinot Mountain on left, Mt. Owen in the middle, and Grand Teton on Right


Lake Solitude


Mica Lake and Peterson Glacier


View from Paintbrush divide


Ryan and Matt at Paintbrush divide


Mt. Woodring (our next target)


View of Mt. Moran from Woodring Summit.


View of Lakes from Woodring Summit


Grand Teton


Looking West toward Paintbrush Divide and Idaho


Bull Moose


Jenny Lake


Ducks on Jenny Lake


Bison in Yellowstone


More Bison with Giant Geyser in background.


Giant Geyser


Canyons of Yellowstone from Inspiration Point





Lower Falls from Artist Point


Grand Tetons rising above the clouds


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