Scenes of the Tetons

Just as we reached Heart Lake, in Yellowstone National Park, we split off from the official CDT to take the Teton Alternate into Grand Teton National Park. While the Tetons aren't strictly on the Divide, they are an absolutely epic mountain range and well, we considered them within "walking distance".

The Teton Alternate takes you into the park from the seldom-visited northern boundary and then over to the west side of the range, which falls outside the park boundary so that hikers can camp without permits. Not only is the west side extremely remote, but the terrain is steep and unforgiving. Soon after we entered the range, Molly started feeling pretty unwell. We later discovered that she had (and soon we both had) somehow gotten COVID (thanks, Yellowstone). The route eventually links up with the Teton Crest Trail and leads directly into Jackson, WY.

The illness made this section a hard one for us, but we were still rewarded with some incredible views. Here are some of our favorite scenes of the Tetons.