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grand tetoneewinot national park & john d. rockefeller, jr. memorial parkway news t summer 2001 A Place of Varied Treasures Many visitors ask “What is the best way Strolling around the Menor’s Ferry area at to spend my time in Grand Teton Moose will give you insight into the National Park?” It is difficult to see and history of Jackson Hole and the come to know this park in less than difficulties in establishing this park. several days. Some would say that a If you are interested in seeing lifetime is perhaps not enough. But no wildlife, try exploring the Oxbow Bend matter how long or short your stay will area. Moose are frequently seen there as be, plan enough time for each activity so well as bald eagles, great blue herons, a you don't feel rushed. And don’t forget to variety of waterfowl, beavers, and relax; after all, you are on a vacation! If occasionally river otters. Or, take a short you are not accustomed to this elevation, walk to Christian Pond and you may see you may feel extra tired at first. trumpeter swans that nest there. To see If you are just passing through, the elk, take an early morning or early drive between Moose and the South evening drive and look for them near Entrance of Yellowstone (45 mi/79 km) Burnt Ridge, Signal Mountain, or takes approximately one hour. Views of Timbered Island. Be careful not to If you are interested in seeing wildlife, try exploring the Oxbow Bend area. the Teton Range and the Snake River are disturb animals by getting too close, even excellent along the Rockefeller Parkway for a picture. (Route 89). Snake River Overlook is a Mountain climbing, backpacking, good place to take photographs. Allow canoeing, kayaking, fishing, photography, slightly more time to drive by way of the painting, wildlife observation – the list of Teton Park Road, which affords more ways to enjoy Grand Teton’s natural intimate views of the Teton Range. beauty is unlimited. Join a park ranger on Wayside exhibits at several overlooks one of the many activities offered daily, or point out geologic features. explore and discover the Tetons on your Many people believe that a visit to own. Plan your visit, take your time, and Grand Teton National Park is not you will surely take a special memory of complete without seeing Jenny Lake. The Grand Teton National Park home with you. Phone Numbers more scenic approach to the lake is by EMERGENCY 911 or 739-3300 Park Dispatch way of the one-way road at North Jenny Visitor information (307) 739-3600 • Weather 739-3611 Lake junction. This is one of the most Backcountry & river information (recorded) 739-3602 popular areas of the park, however, so Campground information (recorded) 739-3603 • Climbing information (recorded) 739-3604 don’t expect to be alone. It is best to get TDD (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf only) 739-3400 and 739-3544 to the Jenny Lake area early in the day to International Visitors find a parking place, if you plan a short Des renseignements en francais sont disponibles aux centres des visiteurs dans le parc. walk or hike. Jack Neckels Sie konnen Informationen auf Deutsch in den Besucherzentren bekommen. Most of the park’s self guiding trails Superintendent Se puede conseguir informacion en español en el Centro del Visitante. take less than an hour or so (see page 9). Grand Teton National Park’s website: www.nps.gov/grte/ VISITOR SERVICES
Boating Phone/ATM Marinas Boat Cruises Pay Phone ATM INDEX Colter Bay Marina Colter Bay Marina Colter Bay Store Colter Bay Store Am. Alpine Club/Climbers Ranch 307.733.7271 Leeks Marina Teton Boating Co. Dornans Dornans Signal Mountain Lodge Open June 1 – Sept. 30 Flagg Ranch Resort Flagg Ranch Resort www.americanalpineclub.org/index.htm Boat Rentals Boat Shuttles Jackson Lake Lodge Jackson Lake Lodge Leeks Marina Signal Mountain Lodge Barker-Ewing Float Trips 307-733-1800 Colter Bay Marina Teton Boating Company Signal Mountain Lodge Open May 14 – Sept. 30 Dornans Box 100, Moose, WY 83012 Signal Mountain Lodge www.barkerewingscenic.com Teton Boating Company Restaurants Colter Bay Cabins 307-543-2811 Quick Meals/Deli River/Lake Multi-Day Trips Open May 25 – Sept. 30 Colter Bay Café Colter Bay Store Box 240, Moran, WY 83013 www.gtlc.com OARS Dornans Flagg Ranch Resort Colter Bay Store & Marina 307-543-2811 Jenny Lake Store Open May 25- Sept. 30 Bus Tours & Transit Family Style www.gtlc.com Flagg Ranch Resort Jackson Lake Lodge Colter Bay Chuckwagon Jackson Lake Lodge 307-543-2811 Dornans Leeks Pizzeria Colter Bay RV Park Flagg Ranch Resort Signal Mountain Lodge Open May 25- Sept. 30 Camping & RV Parks www.gtlc.com Colter Bay RV Park Flagg Ranch Resort Fine Dining Colter Bay Tent Cabins 307-543-2811 Colter Bay Tent Cabins Jackson Lake Lodge Signal Mountain Lodge Jenny Lake Lodge Open June 1- Sept. 3 Fishing www.gtlc.com Supplies Shopping Diamond Cross Ranch 307-543-2015 Gifts/Souvenirs Open June – Sept. Colter Bay Marina (‡) Moose Village Store (‡) Box 315 Colter Bay Store (‡) Signal Mountain Lodge(‡) Colter Bay Marina Jenny Lake Lodge Moran, WY 83013 Dornans (‡) (‡ Licenses) Colter Bay Store Jenny Lake Store Dornans 307-733-2522 Flagg Ranch Resort Dornans Moose Village Store Open all year. Guided River Fishing Flagg Ranch Resort Signal Mountain Lodge Box 39, Moose, WY 83012 Jackson Lake Lodge www.dornans.com Flagg Ranch Resort National Park Floats Groceries Exum Mountain Guides 307-733-2297 Fort Jackson Triangle X Ranch Open year-round Jack Dennis Moose Village Store Colter Bay Store Jenny Lake Store Box 56, Moose, WY 83012 www.exumguides.com Guided Lake Fishing Dornans Signal Mountain Lodge Flagg Ranch Resort Flagg Ranch Resort 307-543-2861 Colter Bay Marina Signal Mountain Lodge Open May 24 – Oct. 8; mid-Dec.– mid-March Clothing Box 187, Moran, WY 83013 Colter Bay Marina Jackson Lake Lodge www.flaggranch.com Float Trips Colter Bay Store Jenny Lake Store Fort Jackson Float Trips 307-733-2583 Barker-Ewing National Park Floats Dornans Signal Mountain Lodge May – Sept. Colter Bay Village Signal Mountain Lodge Flagg Ranch Resort Email: [email protected] Fort Jackson Solitude Heart Six Ranch Triangle X-Osprey Grand Teton Lodge Company 307-543-2811 Jackson Lake Lodge Washing Box 240, Moran, WY 83013 Launderette Public Showers www.gtlc.com Fuel & Auto Repair Colter Bay Village Colter Bay Village Heart Six Ranch Float Trips 307-543-2477 Fuel Auto/RV Repair May – Sept. Worship Services Box 70, Moran, WY 83013 Colter Bay Village Colter Bay Village Catholic www.heartsix.com Dornans Jack Dennis Fishing Trips 307-733-3270 Flagg Ranch Resort Chapel of the Sacred Heart May – Sept. Jackson Lake Lodge June 3–August 27 Sat: 5:30p/Sun: 8a Box 3369, Jackson, WY 83001 Signal Mountain Lodge 1/4 mile north of Signal Mountain Lodge www.jackdennis.com/trip_snake.htm Episcopal Jackson Hole Mountain Guides 307-733-4979 Year-round guiding Horseback Riding Chapel of the Transfiguration Box 7477, Jackson, WY 83001 www.jhmg.com Colter Bay Village Jackson Hole Trail Rides May 28–Sept.24 Sun: 8a–Eucharist/10a–Service 1 Jackson Hole Trail Rides 307-733-6992 Diamond Cross Ranch Jackson Lake Lodge /2mile north of Moose Open May - Sept. Flagg Ranch Resort Interdenominational Box 768, Jackson, WY 83001 Christian Ministry Services 307-543-2811 Lodging Gros Ventre Campground: 8a/10a/7p Jackson Lake Lodge Open May 20- Oct. 10 American Alpine Club Jackson Lake Lodge Jenny Lake Campground: 9a/7p Box 240, Moran, WY 83013 –Climbers Ranch Jenny Lake Lodge Signal Mt. Campground Amphitheater: 8a/10a/7:30p www.gtlc.com Colter Bay Village Signal Mountain Lodge Jackson Lake Lodge: 9a/11a/7:30p Jenny Lake Lodge 307-733-4647 Dornans Triangle X Ranch Colter Bay Amphitheater: 8a/10a/5:30p Open June 2 – Oct. 7 Box 240, Moran, WY 83013 Flagg Ranch Resort Church of Jesus Christ www.gtlc.com Medical Services of Latter Day Saints Leeks Marina 307-543-2494 Jackson Lake Lodge Marina: Open May 19 – Sept. 23 Pizzeria: Open June 1 - Sept. 3 Jackson Lake Lodge May 27–Sept. 30 Sun.: 9:30a/5:45p–Sacrament, 7p–School, 7:45p–Priesthood/Relief Society Moose Village Store 307-733-3471 Mountaineering Open May 25– Sept. 16 Guided Climbs Supplies www.gtlc.com Exum Mountain Guides Dornans National Park Float Trips 307-733-6445 Jackson Hole Mtn. Guides Open May – Sept. Moose, WY 83012 www.trianglex.com OARS 800-346-6277 Park Watch Recycling Lost or Found Open mid-June – mid-Sept. www.oars.com For your convenience and to conserve Have you lost or found a personal item? PARK YOU can play an Signal Mountain Lodge 307-543-2831 important role in natural resources, you may recycle Please contact the nearest visitor center, Open May 12 – Oct. 14 Box 50, Moran, WY 83013 protecting and aluminum cans at stores where canned ranger station or campground office. www.signalmtnlodge.com WATCH preserving Grand beverages are sold throughout the park, at Notes left at trailheads are not effective. Solitude Float Trips 307-733-2871 Call the Lost and Found Office at Moose Open May 1- Sept. 30 Teton National Park. the Moose, Jenny Lake and Colter Bay Box 112, Moose, WY 83012 The PARK WATCH program encourages Visitor Centers and at campgrounds. (307) 739-3450 for information. www.solitudefloattrips.com park visitors to prevent, be alert to and The National Park Service and park Teton Boating Company 307-733-2703 report hazards, accidents, fires, vandalism Open June 9 – Sept. 15 concessioners actively promote recycling, Mailing Address: and crime. Be conscious of illegal activities energy conservation and elimination of Grand Teton National Park & Triangle X Ranch 307-733-2183 such as hunting, poaching and harassing hazardous wastes. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway Open May 20 – Nov. 1.; Dec. 26 - March 30 of wildlife. Moose, WY 83012 Please recycle this newspaper, which has P.O. Drawer 170 www.trianglex.com If an immediate response is needed to been printed on recycled paper with soy- Moose, WY 83012-0170 Triangle X-Osprey Float Trips 307-733-5500 apprehend a criminal or vandal or based inks. Every ton of recycled paper Open May – Sept. Moose, WY 83012 to report a fire, stop at the nearest saves approximately 17 trees. www.trianglex.com 2 phone and call 911 or 739-3300. READING THE LANDSCAPE The Teton Range dominates Grand Teton National Park, attracting the attention of all who pass through Jackson Hole. The natural processes that resulted in mountain building and sculpting also have determined where plants grow in the park. Herbivores, plant-eating animals like moose, mule deer and elk, occur where their food source exists. Carnivores, meat-eating animals like or rivers of ice, flowed from high elevation parts of the day. bears, coyotes and weasels, follow the cirques and gouged out U-shaped canyons When the herbivores they prey upon. Geologic between the peaks. Mountain glaciers climate warmed and today’s Snake indicate that the Snake events created the dramatic scenery of spilled from the canyons to the valley glacial ice melted, water broke through carried much more water in the past. Jackson Hole and indirectly account for floor, forming basins occupied today by the moraines and swirled south through Along the Snake River grow the distribution and abundance of lakes like Leigh, Jenny, Bradley, Taggart the valley, carrying away soil. Today the cottonwoods and blue spruces where bald wildlife and plants found here. and Phelps. Ridges of glacial debris, southern part of Jackson Hole contains eagles nest. Beavers occasionally dam side The Tetons owe their existence to called moraines, surround these lakes and less developed, dry, rocky soils. Only channels of the Snake River, establishing movement along a fault found where the mark the edge of the glacier’s flow. vegetation like sagebrush and certain ponds that Canada geese and ducks use mountains meet the valley. Starting 2-3 While small glaciers flowed in the grasses and wildflowers can thrive in such for nesting and feeding. Moose and million years ago, movement with massive Teton Range, a massive glacier covered desert-like conditions. Despite the hot beavers eat willows that flourish in earthquakes occurred every thousand much of what is now Yellowstone and dry conditions, some mammals and wetlands along the river. Willows and years or so along the fault. The mountain National Park 25,000 years ago. This birds favor the sagebrush flats. Bison other wetland plants provide cover and block uplifted on the west side of the river of ice flowed south, forming the graze on grasses growing among the nest sites for a multitude of songbirds. fault while the valley block dropped depression that Jackson Lake fills today, sagebrush, while pronghorn eat sagebrush As you explore Grand Teton down east of the fault. Today the and carried debris as far as Snake River itself. Sage grouse, large chicken-like National Park, read its landscape. Note mountains rise more than a mile above Overlook, eight miles north of Moose on birds, eat sagebrush buds. the work of glaciers on the mountains and Jackson Hole, with total displacement of Highway 26-89-191. Today moraines For the past 10,000 years or so, the canyons and the old river terraces carved 30,000 feet along the fault. support forests of lodgepole pine and Snake River has cut through glacial in the past by the Snake River. Watch for Ice performed the sculpting and other conifers. Elk and black bears seek moraines and flowed from Jackson Lake wildlife. The presence of wildlife provides carving of the Tetons. As recently as refuge and shade in morainal forests and and out the southern end of Jackson clues to the ancient processes that formed 15,000 years ago, small mountain glaciers, graze in nearby meadows during cooler Hole. Old river terraces paralleling and shaped this area.
Mt. Owen 12,928 feet Mt. Moran 12,605 feet Grand Teton Middle Teton 13,770 feet Teewinot Mt. Mt. Wister 12,804 feet 12,325 feet 11,490 feet Buck Mountain Nez Perce Peak 11,938 feet Static Peak 11,901 feet 11,303 feet St. John Mountain 11,430 feet
Peak Names The STATIC PEAK In the Teton Range north of TEEWINOT MOUNTAIN Towers above MOUNT MORAN Most prominent peak Death Canyon. So named because it is so Cascade Canyon and Jenny Lake. Its name in the northern end of the Teton Range. Rockefeller often hit by lightning. comes from the Shoshone word meaning Named by Ferdinand V. Hayden for the “many pinnacles.” Teewinot probably once landscape artist Thomas Moran, who BUCK MOUNTAIN Named for George A. applied to the entire Teton Range, rather traveled with the 1872 Hayden expedition Parkway: Buck, recorder for T.M. Bannon’s 1898 than just this one peak. Fritiof Fryxell and into Yellowstone and into Pierre’s Hole on mapping party. Bannon gave the name Phil Smith named the peak when they the western side of the Teton Range. He “Buck Station” to the triangulation station he successfully completed the first ascent of the produced many sketches and watercolors What Is It? and George Buck established on the Summit mountain in 1929. from these travels. Located at the heart of the Greater in 1898. MOUNT SAINT JOHN Between Cascade Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Rockefeller NEZ PERCE Named for an Indian tribe From the book, Origins by Hayden & Nielsen, Parkway connects Grand Teton and and Indian Paintbrush canyons. Actually a available at our Grand Teton Natural History whose well-known leader was Chief Joseph. series of peaks of nearly equal height. Named Yellowstone National Parks. The late Sometimes referred to as Howling Dog Association bookstores. for Orestes St. John, geologist of Hayden’s conservationist and philanthropist John D. Mountain because of the resemblance when 1877 survey, whose monographs on the Teton Rockefeller, Jr., made significant contributions seen from the north. and Wind River ranges are now classics. to several national parks including Grand THE GRAND TETON Highest mountain Teton, Acadia, Great Smoky Mountains and in the Teton Range. Named by French Virgin Islands. In 1972 Congress dedicated Trappers of the Hudson Bay Company. Upon viewing the Teton Range from the a 24,000 acre parcel of land as the John D. west, the trappers dubbed the South, Middle Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway to and Grand, Les Trois Tetons, meaning “the recognize his generosity and foresight. three breasts.” Wilson Price Hunt called Congress also named the highway from the them “Pilot Knobs” in 1811 because he had south boundary of Grand Teton to West Thumb used them for orientation while crossing in Yellowstone in honor of Rockefeller. Union Pass. In his Journal of a Trapper, Osborne Russel said that the Shoshone Because the Rockefeller Parkway Indians named the peaks “Hoary Headed provides a natural link between the two national Fathers.” parks, it contains features characteristic of both areas. In the parkway, the Teton Range MOUNT OWEN Neighboring peak of the Grand Teton to the northeast. Named for tapers to a gentle slope at its northern W.O. Owen, who climbed the Grand Teton edge, while rocks born of volcanic flows from in 1898 with Bishop Spalding, John Shive, Yellowstone line the Snake River and and Frank Petersen. form outcroppings scattered atop hills and ridges. 3 WILDLIFE Where to Look for Wildlife All animals require food, water, and shelter. Each species also has particular living space, or habitat, requirements. To learn more about wildlife habitats and animal behavior, attend ranger-led activities. To sharpen your wildlife observation skills, spend some time in these locations. OXBOW BEND the day. Elk leave the shade of Timbered squirrels at Inspiration Point. One mile east of Jackson Lake Junction. Island at dusk to eat the grasses growing Pikas and yellow-bellied marmots Slow-moving water provides habitat for amongst the surrounding sagebrush. live in scattered boulder fields. fish such as suckers and trout, which SNAKE RIVER Mule deer and moose occasionally become food for river otters, ospreys, bald Jackson Lake Dam south to Moose. Elk browse on shrubs growing at the mouth eagles, American white pelicans and and bison graze in grassy meadows along of the canyon. Listen for the numerous common mergansers. Look for swimming the river. Bison also eat grasses in the songbirds that nest in the canyon. beavers and muskrats. Moose browse on sagebrush flats on the benches above the BLACKTAIL PONDS abundant willows at the water’s edge. Elk river. Bald eagles, ospreys and great blue Half-mile north of Moose on Highway occasionally graze in the open aspen herons build large stick nests within sight 26-89-191. Old beaver ponds have filled groves to the east. of the river. Beavers and moose eat in and now support grassy meadows where TIMBERED ISLAND willows that line the waterway. elk graze during the cooler parts of the A forested ridge southeast of Jenny Lake. CASCADE CANYON day. Several kinds of ducks feed in the Small bands of pronghorn antelope, the West of Jenny Lake. Look for, but do not side channels of the Snake River. Moose fastest North American land animal, feed, golden-mantled ground browse on willows growing along the river. forage on nearby sagebrush throughout The Migration Dilemma Birds serve as colorful, sweet-sounding Birdwatchers and scientists alike have indicators of biodiversity. The return of become concerned about the future of migratory birds each spring seems as certain migratory birds. Become involved by as spring itself. enjoying birds in your backyard and National parks like Grand Teton during your travels. At home, plant native provide sanctuary for many species. vegetation to provide food, shelter and Unfortunately, many of our birds spend nest sites for migratory birds. Protect only a part of their lives within national birds by keeping your cats indoors. Assist park protection. When birds fly south scientists measuring bird population each fall, they face numerous perils. changes by participating in bird counts Bears Human-caused habitat changes have and surveys, such as the annual Christmas Grand Teton National Park and the fragmented forests, removing safe feeding Bird Count and the North American and roosting areas along migration Migration Count. Find out about the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway provide corridors. Birds that migrate as far as the “Partners in Flight” program in your home tropics may lose their winter ranges due state. Use your interest and knowledge of habitat for black and grizzly bears. To distinguish to deforestation. birds to help assure their future! between the two bear species, look for: BLACK BEAR For Wildlife Observers Color Varies from black to blond. Many black bears in this region are & Photographers black with a light brown muzzle. Appearance Be a responsible wildlife observer. wildlife, including increased levels of Straight face; longer, more pointed ears; no shoulder hump; rump Remember that patience is often rewarded. stress and the avoidance of essential higher than shoulders. Use binoculars, spotting scopes or long feeding areas. Claws lenses for close views and photographs. Please remember, nesting birds are Short and curved for climbing. Claws do not always show in tracks. Always maintain a safe distance of at easily disturbed. For wildlife, raising least 300 feet from large animals such as young is a private affair. If an adult bird GRIZZLY BEAR bears, bison, moose and elk. Never on a nest flies off at your approach, or position yourself between an adult and its circles you or screams in alarm, you are Color offspring. Females with young are too close to the nest. Unattended nestlings Varies from black to blond; dark fur with long, pale guard hairs especially defensive. readily succumb to predation and accounts for a mixed dark and light, or grizzled, appearance. Appearance Dished-in face; shorter, more rounded ears; prominent shoulder; Be a responsible wildlife observer. rump lower than shoulder. Claws Do not feed wildlife. Do not harass wildlife. Long and straight. Claws often show in tracks. Do not feed wildlife, including exposure to heat, cold and wet weather. ground squirrels and birds. Feeding wild Allow other visitors a chance to animals makes them dependent on enjoy wildlife. If your actions cause an ® people, and animals often bite the hand animal to flee, you have deprived other that feeds them. visitors of a viewing opportunity. Use an Moose, bison, elk, mule deer, pronghorn and surrounding areas. Wildlife may be Do not harass wildlife. Harassment animal’s behavior as a guide to your (antelope), black and grizzly bears—a found on roads and highways at any is any human action that causes unusual actions, and limit the time you spend with host of large animals inhabit Grand time of the day or night. For your own behavior, or a change of behavior, in an wildlife, just as you would when visiting a Teton National Park, the Rockefeller safety and for the protection of wildlife, animal. Repeated encounters with people friend’s home. Follow all park regulations 4 Parkway, Yellowstone National Park please drive carefully and stay alert. can have negative, long-term impacts on and policies. Plant & Wildlife Communities The geology and natural systems of Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole, create a magnificent environment showcasing an incredible diversity of vegetation and wildlife. There are a number of distinct, natural communities within Grand Teton National Park, all of which may be defined by the plants and animals that live within them.
Alpine Communities
The alpine community is the harshest by growing only inches above the soil. fly overhead. Tiny rabbit-like pikas of Grand Teton’s habitats. High Many alpine flowers have unpleasant spend the warm months collecting and elevation, long, severe winters and odors so as to attract pollinating flies storing food for the long winter. short summers present special and other insects. The insects in Golden eagles sometimes soar on challenges to the inhabitants above turn attract horned larks and warm air currents searching for prey. the treeline. Summer is short white-crowned sparrows. The By the time the snow falls, most and intense, with long, bright alpine forget-me-not rewards residents have moved to lower days and cold nights. Lichens cling to hikers with its vibrant blue color elevations or begun a long winter rocks and miniature, low-growing mat and sweet scent. Yellow-bellied hibernation. plants, such as phlox and pussytoes, marmots often sun themselves on guard themselves from wind and cold rocky hillsides as Clark’s nutcrackers
Forest Communities There are a number of forest pine martens prey upon smaller mantled ground squirrels can communities in Grand Teton National animals. Colorful western tanagers sometimes be found in open rocky Park. Because of the variations in the fly through the less dense parts of the areas. height of trees, shrubs and grasses, forest canopy. Spruce-fir forests are forests support a wide variety of Other forest communities here dominated by Englemann spruce and animal species. include Douglas fir and spruce-fir subalpine fir and are located at The most extensive of the forests. Stands of Douglas fir can be higher elevations. Moose feed forests here is the lodgepole pine found on either dry, south-facing extensively on subalpine fir in the community, which extends from the slopes up to about 8,000 feet or on winter months and elk and deer use southern portion of Yellowstone dry north-facing slopes at lower these forests at other times during National Park and along the lower elevations. Ruffed grouse nest in the year. Other mammals can be elevations of the Tetons to the south these locations on the ground and found here, including long-tailed end of the range. Elk and mule deer feed on buds and insects. Voles, mice weasels, pine martens, mountain find shade here during sunny, summer and gophers also live here; they are lions, and the rare wolverine. days. Red squirrels inhabit the trees, hunted by great horned owls, Williamson’s sapsuckers, hairy gathering seeds and storing them in Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks woodpeckers, Steller’s and gray jays, middens for the long winter. and goshawks. Other birds olive-sided flycatchers, and mountain Snowshoe hares, white-footed deer found amongst the Douglas fir chickadees are among the birds mice and red-backed voles are among include chickadees, nuthatches, occupying this forest type. the small mammals found on the pine siskins, Cassin’s finches, forest floor. Black and grizzly bears, and dark-eyed juncoes. Yellow- short-tailed weasels (ermine) and bellied marmots and golden-
Sagebrush Flats The sagebrush flats are the most Arrowleaf balsamroot and winter snows. Large herds of elk visible community in Grand Teton, springbeauty add spring color to the feed on the grasses during the covering most of the valley floor. silvery green of the flats. Small morning and evening hours of Rocky, well-drained soils make it mammals such as Uinta ground spring, summer and fall. Areas difficult for most plants to survive squirrels, white-footed deer mice and where bitterbrush is abundant are here, but hardy big sage, low sage, least chipmunks make their homes good foraging places for moose, antelope bitterbrush and over 20 here. Badgers can sometimes be especially in fall and winter. Birders Wetland Communities species of grasses thrive. Though it seen digging burrows while coyotes can find western meadowlarks, sage appears barren and sparse, this is a and wolves may lope across the thrashers, green-tailed towhees, surprisingly diverse community. cobbly plains. Pronghorn are vesper and Brewer’s sparrows, and Wetland (or Aquatic) communities in Bend is an excellent area to find white Sage grouse use sage for summer residents on the flats; they raptors of many kinds among and around rivers, lakes and marshes pelicans, trumpeter swans, great blue food, shelter and nesting areas. must migrate south to avoid deep the sage. are those that are dominated by water. herons, and a variety of waterfowl. The Snake River and its tributaries Moose feed on aquatic plants and drain the mountains surrounding browse on Jackson Hole, providing a rich habitat streamside for a variety of wildlife. Trout and vegetation. other fish are a valuable food source for bald eagles, ospreys and river otters. The slower-moving braided channels of the river are home to beavers, otters, muskrats, and several reptiles and amphibians. The Oxbow
Whatever the community, it is important to remember that the wildlife, plants and habitats within Grand Teton National Park Wet Meadows are protected. While birding or watching animals, please keep a Wet meadows and willow flats mammals and birds which rely are covered by water for at on this type of vegetation are respectful distance. Please do not pick or disturb the vegetation. least part of the year. A high common here. Willows also water table and good soil make provide critical habitat for In order to continue to enjoy our National Park, an abundance of grasses, sedges moose, which feed heavily on we must all work to preserve it. and forbs possible. Small them, especially in late winter. 5 FIRE IN THE HOLE! The fires of 2000 Last year has been called the worst fire season since 1916. Nearly seven million acres burned throughout the nation during 2000, more than two times the ten-year national average. There were so many fires burning at one time
that there were not enough firefighters to go around. Benefits of the Wilcox Fire include enhanced habitat and ecosystem function. What made the fires of 2000 so severe? season, Congress passed the President’s maintaining natural processes associated reduction. Fire personnel cooperate Lack of rain is an obvious answer, but it Fire Initiative, which includes a new with fire, while protecting human life extensively with the Bridger-Teton was a combination of factors including National Fire Plan, and increased and property. To help in achieving National Forest and Teton County Fire ongoing drought conditions, unusual funding for fire preparedness, more these goals, the National Park Service Department to manage fire and fuels weather events, many lightning strikes, fuels treatments, and more has a comprehensive fire management across our administrative boundaries. and an accumulation of woody fuels sophisticated fire management. As part program including hazardous fuels Fire managers also work with wildlife resulting from nearly a century of fire of this plan, the National Park Service reduction, prescribed fire, wildland fire biologists, vegetation ecologists, and exclusion in areas that historically has a 2001 Implementation Strategy, managed for resource benefits, and historic preservation experts to use burned on a regular basis. with provisions for oversight and wildland fire suppression. The new natural and prescribed fire to enhance A major compounding factor has accountability for an expanded 2001 Implementation Strategy will habitat and benefit ecosystem been the growth of communities near program, improved fire preparedness, enhance and guide the program into functions. the edges of open lands like National wildland fire operations (especially the future. During the 2001 fire season, Parks and National Forests. This has hazardous fuels reduction in wildland At Grand Teton National Park, Grand Teton National Park asks you to put homes and other structures closer urban interface areas), and assistance to the Fire Management Office has help out by being careful with fire, and to the kinds of vegetation where large rural fire districts. increased its staff for the 2001 fire invites you to explore the diverse fire- fires spread rapidly. Fire Management at the National season for improved fire prevention, adapted vegetation of this unique In response to the 2000 fire Park Service focuses on restoring and and emergency fire readiness, and fuels landscape.
9,700 Acres of Fire Glade–2,464 acres It was late morning on August 15, Parkway. One of these, the Glade Fire, significant threat of new ignitions. Hechtman– 661 acres 2000 in Grand Teton National Park. began to spread rapidly and threaten Therefore, a Type II Incident Management There was already smoke in the air from the Flagg Ranch area. Air tankers and Team was ordered from Nevada to take Berry II–1.5 acres forest fires in Idaho and Southwest heavy helicopters were ordered, Flagg over the Teton Complex Fires. The team Wilcox–2,979 acres Wyoming. But that didn’t stop the clouds Ranch was evacuated, and the highway prioritized fires that threatened developed Power–0.2 acres from gathering over the Tetons for between Lizard Creek Campground areas, and used a confinement strategy to Moran–3,351 acres another round of lightning and thunder. and Grant Village in Yellowstone was contain the spread of backcountry fires By the time the storm was over, eight closed. By August 19th, the fire was using natural boundaries and bucket drops Jackson Lake new wildland fires had ignited in mostly contained. from helicopters. the park. The Moran and Snowshoe fires near The confinement strategy causes very Snowshoe–200 acres An aerial detection Moran Bay on Jackson little man-made disturbance, because few flight found that two of Lake quickly merged firelines are constructed. The result is a them were located near The confinement together on August very natural looking burn, closely developed areas, which strategy causes very 15th. Firefighters were resembling the landscape patterns that fires Range Teton made them first priority. sent to protect the have caused for thousands of years. The Firefighters were dis- little man-made Moran Bay Patrol Teton Complex fires have provided a Phelps–0.1 acres patched, and both fires Cabin, but were not diverse and patchy mosaic of both lightly were controlled by the disturbance. able to prevent the fire burned and heavily scorched forest. The next morning. from consuming it. regrowth will be prime habitat for many There were six fires on the west With so many large fires burning at kinds of wildlife, and the reduced fuels will Fire Perimeters side of Jackson Lake and to the north in the same time, local fire managers were help protect places like Flagg Ranch from the John D. Rockefeller Memorial stretched thin. And there was still a fire in the future. Mechanical Thinning Firefighters call the places where developments and wild vegetation come together the Wildland Urban Interface. They worry about them because when people build up against the edge of the forest, they are asking for trouble when a wildland fire occurs. That is because there is no fuel break to prevent the flames from reaching the buildings. Sometimes there isn’t even room to drive a fire engine between the trees and a structure. These situations exist all across the country, and after last summer’s fires, many people are calling for something to be done. In Grand Teton National Park, fire crews have been taking steps to remove these hazard fuels around buildings for years. They do this by thinning trees and removing dead wood and brush from the forest floor. They pile the slash and let it dry out for at least a year, and then burn the piles during wet weather in spring or late fall. You may not notice at first that this work has been done, but you might see piles of brush and logs that are waiting to be burned, such as at Colter Bay Village. This year crews will be thinning at the Signal Mountain Summit Road, 6 and near employee housing areas. RANGER ACTIVITIES For Talks & Evening Programs see page D Walks& Hikes
Meet the Place Event Description Ranger at: Dates Times SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
Learn about the creation of this magnificent landscape on a Moose hike to Hidden Falls and a viewpoint above Jenny Lake. We will take the boat across Jenny Lake. This activity is first- Jenny Lake & Inspiration come, first-served and is limited to 25. Please obtain a token Visitor Center June 9 - Sept. 3 8:30 a.m. Jenny Point f0r each member of your group at the Jenny Lake Visitor Flagpole Lake Hike Center prior to meeting the ranger. Roundtrip boat fare: adult $5.00, child (7-12) $3.50, 6 and under free. Roundtrip Area distance: 2 miles. Difficulty: moderate uphill. Time: 21/2 hours.
Join the ranger for an easy 2-mile walk through a String Lake variety of forest communities and learn about the String Lake plants and animals that live there. June 4 - Sept. 3 9:00 a.m. Stroll Roundtrip distance: 2 miles. Trailhead Difficulty: easy. Time: 21/2 hours.
Learn about the flowers that add color to the valley. Wildflower Taggart Lake Roundtrip distance: 2 miles. June 4 - July 28 9:30 a.m. Walk Difficulty: easy. Time: 2 hours. Trailhead
You want to know a secret? Join the ranger and they’ll show Naturalist’s Taggart Lake you their favorite one. Roundtrip distance: 2 miles. July 29 - Sept. 3 9:30 a.m. Choice Hike Difficulty: easy. Time: 2 hours. Trailhead
Children 8-12 years old are invited to explore the natural world of Grand Teton. Reservations must be made at the Moose, Jenny Lake or Colter Bay Visitor Jenny Lake Young Centers. Wear old clothes and bring water, rain gear, Visitor Center June 12 - Aug. 18 insect repellent and curiosity. Roundtrip distance: 2 1:30 p.m. Naturalists Flagpole miles. Difficulty: easy, level. Time: 11/2 hours. Group Ends Ends Ends size limited to 12. Parents, please pick up your 8/14 8/16 8/18 children promptly at 3:00 p.m. at the same location.
Unravel mysteries and sharpen your senses as you Colter Swan Lake hike with a ranger through forest, meadows and along Colter Bay ponds east of Colter Bay. Bring water, binoculars, Hike Visitor Center June 4 - Sept. 3 8:30 a.m. Bay camera, rain gear and insect repellent for this 3-mile, Flagpole Area 3-hour hike. Young Colter Bay See Young Naturalists description above. June 12 - Aug. 18 1:30 p.m. Visitor Center Ends Ends Ends Ends Naturalists 8/12 8/13 8/15 8/17
Lakeshore Join the ranger for a leisurely 1-hour stroll to enjoy Colter Bay panoramic views of the Teton Range and learn about Visitor Center June 4 - Sept. 3 4:30 p.m. Stroll the creation of the landscape. Flagpole Visitor Centers Indian Arts Museum Moose Visitor Center The Colter Bay Indian Arts Museum From June to September, interpretive Located at Moose, 1/2-mile west of Moose Junction on the Teton Park Road. Phone 307-739-3399. houses the David T. Vernon Collection, a activities, such as craft Open daily: spectacular assemblage of Native demonstrations by tribal members through June 3; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. American artifacts. Native American art and ranger-led museum tours, June 4 through September 3; 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. has spiritual significance in addition to enhance appreciation of Native after September 3; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beauty and function. The artifacts in the American culture. Colter Bay Visitor Center museum are vivid examples of the diverse art forms of Native Americans. Located 1/2-mile west of Colter Bay Junction on Highway 89-191-287. Phone 307-739-3594. Open daily: May 12 through May 25; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. May 26 through June 3; 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. June 4 through September 3; 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Menor’s Ferry September 4 through September 30; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Jenny Lake Visitor Center Historic District Located 8 miles north of Moose Junction on the Teton Park Road. Self-guided path open daily. Historic Bill Menor Store Open daily: June 4 through September 3; 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. open daily 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from May 25 through September 4 through September 30; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. September 30. Beginning in mid-July, you can take a free Flagg Ranch Information Station ride across the Snake River on a replica cable ferry. Located at Flagg Ranch, 15 miles north of Colter Bay on Highway 89-191-287. Ferry operates when water level and staffing allows. Open daily June 4 through September 3; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Inquire at the Moose Visitor Center. A GRAND EVENTS An Outdoor Laboratory: Current Research in Grand Teton Along with protecting significant natural habitats and plan for visitor use patterns and cultural features and providing for their that minimize disturbance to grizzlies. enjoyment, Congress recognized the value Brucellosis in Bison of national parks as some of the world’s Since at least 1935 some bison and elk in A female grizzly bear and her two cubs forage in a meadow. most important outdoor laboratories. the Yellowstone ecosystem have had Grand Teton National Park is no exception brucellosis, a disease brought to the U.S. in providing an unparalleled research by cattle imported from Europe. While setting. As part of the Greater Yellowstone Travelers, Ecosystem, Grand Teton is an integral component of the world’s largest intact temperate ecosystem. Below are just a few Visitors or of the park’s dozens of on-going research projects that are conducted by park staff, universities, and private research institutions. Tourists? The results of these studies and many Grand Teton National Park celebrates one others like them furnish park managers Red-tailed hawk nestlings that will be tracked during their migration. of the most recognizable mountain with critical information needed for long- Red-tailed Hawk Migration landscapes in America, if not the world. Wildflowers! term conservation planning. A team of park biologists and scientists The view from Jackson Hole encompasses Population Structure, Habitat Use, and from Beringia South, a private research sagebrush terraces, river and stream During late spring and summer, colorful wildflowers provide breathtaking Distribution of Grizzly Bears and education institute, are focusing on bottoms and lodgepole pine forests displays throughout the park. Blooming follows snowmelt, so the show moves Ten years ago grizzly bears, a threatened threats Red-tailed hawks face when they sweeping to the base of the abruptly species, were rarely seen in Grand Teton. leave their summer nesting territories. uplifted Teton Range. Four million visitors upslope as the season progresses. Today, however, they are common, With the aid of satellite tracking travel the park roads and trails, availing especially in the northern half of the park. technology, researchers have discovered themselves of park facilities and services in June brings flowers to the southern half In high alpine areas above treeline, As part of an ecosystem effort, this project that red-tails nesting in the park migrate search of rest, relaxation and recreation. of Jackson Hole. Clumps of arrowleaf the flowers are diminutive, but worth aims to determine the health of the A biologist monitors an immobilized moose after to and winter in Mexico and Central In efforts to understand who visits balsamroot, a yellow daisy-like flower stooping for. Alpine flowers grow in attaching a radio-collar. grizzly population, their distribution in America, up to 2,000 miles south of the park and what they might want to use with arrow-shaped leaves, add vivid ground-hugging cushions to avoid wind the park, and which habitats are most the disease is relatively unimportant in here. Thus, the local scientists are now or experience, the National Park Service splashes of color to the sagebrush flats. and to cope with cold temperatures and important. Information from this study wildlife, it can devastate domestic cattle collaborating with Mexican scientists to conducts occasional surveys. Chances are Spikes of blue-purple lupines, a member the short growing season. Look for pink will help managers protect important herds. Because a small potential exists for study the birds’ winter ecology, and you may receive a survey form during of the pea family, flower along streams. moss campion and blue alpine forget-me- bison or elk to transmit the disease to determine how wintering conditions your visit. The results to date may be of During July, the meadows along not, the official flower of Grand Teton uninfected cattle, researchers are affect their annual survival and summer Wildlife biologists work quickly to attach a radio-collar and take biological interest to you, particularly if you have Highway 89-191-287 north of Colter National Park. Alpine plants are well interested in several aspects of how the nesting success. samples from an immobilized bison. been playing “License Plates” as you travel Bay, and those near Two Ocean Lake, adapted to their environment, but they disease exists and is transmitted among Lynx and Wolverine Ecology through the park, or wonder why you run reach peak flowering. Look for yellow are extremely vulnerable to human wild bison. The results of this project will These two elusive predators are believed into friends or relatives during your visit. mountain sunflowers, pink mountain disturbance. Be sure to stay on Sections of the Rockfeller Parkway help managers avoid conflicts with cattle to occur in low densities in the park. Two By travelling in the summer, you join 73% hollyhock, purple lupines, pink sticky established trails. burned in 1988 when a number of fires that graze on public lands. new studies will attempt to determine of our total visitation, or 2,946,310 geraniums and purple upland larkspur. Recently burned areas offer ignited throughout the Greater Predator-Moose Relationships the status and distribution of the lynx people, visiting from May to September. As snow melts in the canyons spectacular displays of wildflowers due to Yellowstone Ecosystem. Today look for Researchers are studying whether or not and wolverine in this part of the There is little wonder parking lots are full, between the Teton peaks, hikers are increased access to sunlight and the fireweed, purple asters, yellow groundsel moose have been affected by the absence Yellowstone ecosystem, and how they as are lodging, plane flights, car rentals treated to meadows with an exquisite mix fertilizing effect of nitrogen-rich ash. At and sticky geranium in a lush carpet of of large carnivores from portions of the respond to visitor use patterns. Park and campgrounds. of colors: yellow columbine, bluebells, the Taggart Lake area, three miles north green grasses. park, and hope to discover whether managers will use information obtained If you are from California, Texas, red paintbrush, pink daisies and lavender of Moose, a fire burned in 1985 and To help you enjoy the flowering plants changes in behavior and survival occur as by this study to develop plans and take Utah, Colorado or Florida, your states asters. Along canyon streams, the vegetation today wildflowers bloom amid stands of of Grand Teton National Park, you may grizzly bears and wolves recolonize these necessary steps for lynx and wolverine comprise, in that order, the top five states of is lush and includes deep purple monkshood aspen saplings and numerous young attend ranger-led hikes starting in June, areas. Of particular interest is how many long-term conservation. origin making up a total of 34% of the and tall cow parsnip, with its immense, lodgepole pines. Look for magenta or consult field guides and other books moose calves are born each year and how park’s visitors. Chances are, you will see flat-topped white flower clusters. fireweed, yellow heartleaf arnica, and on display at visitor centers. Please leave long they survive. Moose behavior and someone from close to home, and lots of Canyons with especially magnificent flowering shrubs, especially pink wildflowers for others to appreciate. Do not survival rates may gradually change as license plates from your state, during wildflower displays include upper Open, spreading dogbane and snowbrush pick any vegetation in the park and parkway. large carnivores move back into the area. your visit. Cascade and aptly named Paintbrush. ceanothus, with its sweet-scented blossoms. A recent survey also shows that 8% wolf of visitors do not live in the United States at all. Travelers from Germany, Canada, coyote If you spot the following weeds, or any other exotic plants, please report their exact the United Kingdom and Switzerland Weeds Threaten Native Plants location at a visitor center. Do not attempt to remove them yourself. make up the top four countries of origin. There are more visitors from foreign Noxious weeds, also called exotics or aliens, consist of non- Wolves Are Here! lands, than from the state of Wyoming! WANTED! WANTED! WANTED! You are also sharing the road with native plants that seriously threaten the biodiversity of native Wolves were restored to Yellowstone pups; the first wolves to den in Jackson quite a few travelers who have not been National Park in 1995 after being Hole in 50 years! As the wolves continue here before, 59%, and are traveling as plant communities. They grow and spread profusely, usually eliminated from the ecosystem through to occupy suitable habitat, newly formed families, 73%. When you choose by sprouting early in the spring from numerous hardy seeds or trapping and poisoning in the early 1900s. packs and lone individuals will expand into something to do, you may join many The reintroduction of wolves is part of the surrounding areas. others in that preference. In 1997, the from extensive root systems. Native wildlife and livestock tend larger goal of the recovery and While looking for wildlife in the top five activities were viewing scenery conservation of endangered species in the park, keep in mind that distinguishing (98%), viewing wildlife (88%), pleasure to not eat these strangers, which allows them to grow U.S. The Yellowstone-Grand Teton wolves wolves from coyotes is not easy. Coyotes driving (71%), roadside exhibits (59%) and came from Canada, and now consist of are abundant in Grand Teton and SPOTTED KNAPWEED LEAFY SPURGE shopping (38%). unchecked. The introduction of non-native plants is generally Grows to three feet tall. Paired, heart- over 120 wolves. Yellowstone National Parks and are much No matter your state, country or Grows to three feet tall with a basal shaped, yellow-green bracts support As the population has grown and larger than coyotes found in other parts of rosette of leaves. Pinkish-purple flowers favorite activity, the National Park Service tied to human activities such as automobile and truck traffic, MUSK THISTLE yellow-green flowers. Leaves are narrow claimed new territories, wolf sightings the United States. Wolves are generally bloom at the tips of branches. Stem is pleased to have you visit and share in Grows to six feet tall in dense stands. and arranged alternately along thickly have increased. In the winter of 1998-99 much larger than coyotes and have Flowers are large and rose-colored. Dark leaves are tiny and pale green. A major clustered stems. Leafy spurge, severely toxic this wonderful experience that is Grand hiking, bicycling and horseback riding. problem in western states, spotted three groups of wolves frequented Grand rounded and relatively short ears. For green leaves have spiny margins. to cattle, has only infrequently been found Teton National Park. Travel safely Established along roadways and trails. knapweed thrives in disturbed areas by within the park, so vigilance may prevent Teton National Park. Two of these groups more information about wolves, stop by B inhibiting the growth of native plants. this alien from gaining a stronghold. stayed in the area and produced litters of any of our Visitor Centers. and meet both new and old friends! C RANGER ACTIVITIES For Hikes & Walks see page A Talks & Evening Programs Meet the Place Event Description Ranger at: Dates Times SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
A 20-minute talk on a variety of topics. From the park’s Moose 9:00 a.m. geologic story to learning about the variety of wildlife Moose Teton 11:00 a.m. & that call this park home, this program will give you June 4 - Sept. 3 Visitor Center 1:00 p.m. Profiles insight to the stories behind the scenery. Jenny Map 3:00 p.m. Wheelchair accessible. Lake Area Gros Ventre A 45-minute slide-illustrated ranger talk. Topics are Gros Ventre June - July 9:30 p.m. Campfire posted on visitor center, amphitheater and Campground campground bulletin boards. Amphitheater Program Wheelchair accessible. Aug. - Sept. 9:00 p.m.
Signal A 45-minute slide-illustrated ranger talk. Topics are June - July 9:30 p.m. Mountain posted on visitor center, amphitheater and Signal Campground Campfire campground bulletin boards. Amphitheater Wheelchair accessible. Aug. - Sept. 9:00 p.m. Program
Tour a spectacular collection of Native American art and Colter Bay Colter Museum 9:00 a.m. artifacts while learning about the native people who Visitor Center June 4 - Sept. 3 4:00 p.m. Bay Grand Tour made them. 45 minutes. Lobby Area
Wondering what to do and see in the park? Join a ranger for Colter Bay Teton 11:00 a.m. some great ideas. 30 minutes. Visitor Center June 4 - Sept. 3 3:00 p.m. Highlights Wheelchair accessible. Auditorium
Join the ranger for this 11/2-hour boat cruise on Jackson Lake. Learn how forest fires and glaciers have shaped the Fire & Ice landscape. Contact the Colter Bay Marina (543-2811) for fare Colter Bay Marina June 4 - Sept. 3 1:30 p.m. Cruise information. Advance ticket purchase required to assure seating. The cruise may be cancelled due to low lake level or weather.
Indian Art Join the ranger for an in-depth look at a facet of Native Colter Bay American art and culture. A 45-minute program. Visitor Center June 4 - Sept. 3 1:30 p.m. & Culture Wheelchair accessible. Auditorium
Join the ranger on the back deck of Jackson Lake Lodge for Evening on Anytime answers to your questions about Grand Teton National Park. Jackson Lake Lodge from Look through the spotting scope for some of the best bird June 4 - Sept. 3 the Back Back Deck 6:30 p.m. to Deck and moose habitat in the park. ALL VISITORS ARE INVITED. Wheelchair accessible. 8:00 p.m.
June - July 7:30 p.m. A 1-hour look into the habits and habitats of wildlife in Featured Colter Bay the park. Creature Wheelchair accessible. Amphitheater Aug. - Sept. 7:00 p.m.
Flagg Ranch June - July 8:00 p.m. Gather around the campfire circle for a traditional ranger Flagg Ranch Campfire talk. Topics and location of campfire circle are posted at Flagg Ranch Information Station, Lodge and campground. Cabin Area Program Aug. - Sept. 7:30 p.m.
Lizard Creek June - July 8:00 p.m. Gather ‘round the campfire circle for a traditional ranger Lizard Creek Campfire talk. Topics posted at various locations. Campground Circle Wheelchair accessible. Starts June 9. Circle Aug. - Sept. 7:30 p.m.
Join the ranger for a 45-minute slide-illustrated talk. Topics Jackson lake are posted on the lodge bulletin board. Jackson Lake Lodge June 29 - Aug. 18 8:30 p.m. Lodge ALL VISITORS ARE INVITED. Wapiti Room Wheelchair accessible.
Colter Bay Join the ranger for a 45-minute slide-illustrated talk. Topics June - July 9:30 p.m. Campfire are posted at amphitheater, campground, and visitor center Colter Bay bulletin boards. Amphitheater Program Wheelchair accessible. Aug. - Sept. 9:00 p.m.
Additional ranger activities will be offered during the summer throughout the park. Check at a visitor center for special hikes and programs not listed here. D See page A for Visitor Center information. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLANTS & ANIMALS FISHING FLOATING THE SNAKE RIVER PETS Leave plants and animals in their natural Whitefish and cutthroat, Only human-powered rafts, canoes, dories and Restrain pets on a leash at all setting for others to enjoy. Picking wildflowers lake and brown trout inhabit kayaks are allowed on the Snake River within times. Pets are not allowed on is prohibited. Keep a respectful distance from lakes and rivers of the park and the park and parkway. Register non-motorized trails nor in the backcountry all animals to avoid disturbing their natural parkway. Obtain fishing regulations at vessels and pay the fee ($5 for a 7-day permit; (which begins 50 feet from routines. Larger animals are quick, powerful the Moose, Jenny Lake or Colter Bay $10 for an annual permit) at the Moose Visitor roadways), in boats on the Snake and unpredictable. Getting too close can result Visitor Centers. A Wyoming Center or Colter Bay Visitor Center permits River, in boats on lakes other than Jackson in serious injury. Take special care to avoid fishing license, required for desk each year. Floaters are encouraged to Lake nor in visitor centers. Pets are not encounters with bears and to help maintain fishing in the park and parkway, complete individual trip permits. Read the allowed on ranger-led activities. Kennels are their natural fear of humans. may be purchased at the Moose launch site bulletin boards for current river available in Jackson. Many small animals can carry diseases Village Store, Signal Mountain Lodge, Colter conditions. On the surface, the Snake does not and should never be touched or handled. All Bay Marina and Flagg Ranch Village. Fishing seem very powerful, but only experienced CLIMBING animals are part of the natural processes in Yellowstone National Park requires a floaters should attempt this swift, cold river. There are many risks and hazards associated protected within the park and parkway. Allow separate permit (fee charged); purchase with climbing and mountain travel. Experience and good judgment are essential. The Jenny them to find all their own food. Their natural permits at Yellowstone visitor centers and BACKPACKING diet assures their health and survival. No ranger stations. Lake Ranger Station, the center for climbing in Grand Teton National Park has more than matter how convincingly the animals beg, Grand Teton National Park, is staffed from 200 miles of trails of varying difficulty. feeding is prohibited. early June to mid-September by climbing BOATING Obtain the required, non-fee backcountry rangers who can provide up-to-date weather 1 permit for overnight trips at the Moose or HIKING Motorboats are permitted on Jenny (7 /2 and route conditions information. Registration horsepower maximum), Jackson and Phelps Colter Bay Visitor Centers or the Jenny Lake is no longer required for day climbs and off- Hikers are reminded that shortcutting damages Lakes. Human-powered vessels are permitted Ranger Station. Backcountry campsites may trail hiking. Backcountry permits are required, fragile vegetation and is prohibited. on Jackson, Jenny, Phelps, Emma Matilda, be reserved in advance from January 1 - however, for all overnight climbs. The park Topographic maps and inexpensive trail guides Two Ocean, Taggart, Bradley, Bearpaw, Leigh May 15; the fee is $15 per reservation. DOES NOT track and check to see that you get are sold at visitor centers and the Jenny Lake and String Lakes. Sailboats, water skiing, and Pets are not allowed on trails nor in the safely out of the backcountry. Leave an agenda Ranger Station. Sturdy footwear is essential. windsurfers are allowed only on Jackson Lake. backcountry. Campfires are prohibited with friends or family. Pets are not allowed on Know your limitations when traveling in the For motorized craft, the fee is $10 for a 7-day except at designated sites depending upon trails nor in the backcountry. Solo climbing backcountry or taking extended hikes. If you permit and $20 for an annual permit; for non- fire danger. and backcountry travel is not advised. are traveling alone, let someone know your motorized craft, the fee is $5 for a 7-day planned destination, route and expected time of permit and $10 for an annual permit. As of SWIMMING BIKING return. April 2000, personal watercraft are prohibited Swimming is allowed in all lakes. No Ride bicycles only where cars can legally go. Trailhead parking areas fill early in the in all waters within the park. Obtain permits at swimming areas have lifeguards. The Snake Ride on the right side of the road in single file. day during July and August start your hike the Moose or Colter Bay Visitor Centers. River is dangerous and swimming is not Do not ride bicycles or other wheeled vehicles early to avoid parking problems. recommended. in the backcountry, on or off-trail. Short On Time? Teton Weather May and June - Mild days and cool showers common. Snow level gradually Wondering how to make the most of your nights intersperse with rain and retreats; divides between mountain canyons occasional snow. Depending on snowpack, are free of snow by August. time in Grand Teton National Park? snow level remains just above valley September - Sunny days and cold nights Take a look at a few of the suggestions elevation until mid-June. alternate with rain and occasional July and August - Warm days and cool snowstorms. below to help plan your visit. Suggested drives nights prevail, with afternoon thunder- and places to stop are described from north May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. TEMPERATURE to south. Use the map on page 12. The Normal Daily Maximum 60 70 80 78 68 56 distance from the south entrance of Yellowstone National Normal Daily Minimum 31 38 42 41 34 26 PRECIPITATION Park to the south boundary of Grand Teton National Park is Normal 1.9" 2.2" 1.2" 1.4" 1.3" 1.0" 1/ Maximum 2.9" 4.0" 2.2" 3.9" 3.7" 2.6" 56 miles; approximate driving time with no stops is 1 2 hours. Maximum Snowfall 14" 6" 6" 2" 8" 18" Please follow posted speed limits, watch for wildlife on roads Days w/measurable Precip. 10 10 7 8 8 9 Average No. Thunderstorms 5 11 14 12 2 0 and be prepared for occasional delays due to road construction. ON A HALF DAY replica of the ferry that crossed the Snake formed by an immense glacier that once Take a Hike - Over 200 miles of hiking Colter Bay Visitor Center and Indian River at the turn of the century. The altar flowed from Yellowstone National Park. trails in the park and parkway range from Arts Museum - Visit the museum to view window of the Chapel of the Transfiguration Park on the southwest side of the dam and level and easy trails on the valley floor to art created by native people and gain a frames the tallest Teton peaks. Please be take a short walk for a peaceful view of steep, arduous trails into the mountains. glimpse of 19th-century Native American respectful, the chapel is a house of worship. Jackson Lake and Mt. Moran. At visitor centers, ask a ranger for recommended hikes and look at or life. Native American and wildlife ON A WHOLE DAY Antelope Flats - Kelly Loop - At Gros purchase maps and trail guides. videotapes and a park orientation slide Willow Flats - Stop at the Willow Flats Ventre Junction, 5 miles south of Moose program are shown throughout the day. Turnout, 6 miles south of Colter Bay for a Junction on Highway 26-89-191, turn Raft Trips on the Snake River - Park Signal Mountain Summit Road - This 5- view of an extensive freshwater marsh that east. Follow the road to the small town of and parkway concessioners operate trips mile drive starts one mile south of Signal provides excellent habitat for birds, Kelly. To see the Gros Ventre Slide, turn at on the Snake River daily. Watch for moose Mountain Lodge and Campground. The beavers and moose. Jackson Lake and the the sign marked “national forest access.” along the banks and bald eagles and road winds to the top of Signal Mountain, Teton Range form the backdrop. The Gros Ventre Slide occurred in 1925 American white pelicans soaring above. when earthquakes and rain caused the 800 feet above the valley. Summit Oxbow Bend - Located one mile east of Ride a Bike - The Teton Park Road has north end of Sheep Mountain to break off overlooks provide a panoramic view of the Jackson Lake Junction, this cut-off wide shoulders and superb views of the and dam the Gros Ventre River, forming entire Teton Range, Jackson Lake and meander of the Snake River attracts a Tetons. The Antelope Flats – Kelly Loop Lower Slide Lake. Follow the Antelope most of Jackson Hole. The road is narrow wide variety of wildlife. Mt. Moran, the provides riding opportunities on secondary Flats Road along hayfields and ranches to and parking at overlooks is limited, so no most massive peak in the Teton Range, roads. Ride bicycles only where cars can rejoin Highway 26-89-191. trailers or large motorhomes, please. dominates the background. legally go; bicycles are not allowed on Menor’s Ferry and the Chapel of the Jackson Lake Dam Overlook - Jackson MANY DAYS trails nor in the backcountry. Ranger-led Activities - Join a ranger for Transfiguration - Turn off the Teton Park Lake Dam, one mile west of Jackson Lake Horseback Riding - Park concessioners 1 a visitor center talk, museum tour, stroll, Road /2-mile north of Moose. The Junction on the Teton Park Road, raises offer horseback rides at Colter Bay, 1 hike or evening program. A list of scheduled Menor’s Ferry Trail, less than /2-mile the level of Jackson Lake a maximum of Jackson Lake lodge and Flagg Ranch long, affords a look at homesteading and 39 feet. In addition to being a reservoir, programs is in this newspaper. Attend these pioneer life in Jackson Hole. Visit Bill Jackson Lake is also a natural lake activities to learn more about the natural Menor’s cabin and country store. Ride a and human history of the park and parkway. 7 CAMPING AND HIKING
CAMPGROUND OPEN FILLING TIME approx. Gros Ventre April 28 - Oct. 11 Evening or 360 sites, trailer dumping station. (12:00 pm) may not fill Jenny Lake May 12 - Sept. 21 49 sites, restricted to 8:00 am (12:00 pm) tents. Signal Mountain May 12 - Oct. 5 86 sites, trailer dumping 10:00 am (12:00 pm) station. Colter Bay 350 sites, trailer dumping May 19 - Sept. 21 Noon station, propane available, (12:00 pm) laundry & showers nearby.
Lizard Creek June 9 - Sept. 4 2:00 pm Camping in the Park 60 sites. (12:00 pm) Grand Teton National Park operates five and August. Approximate filling times are has five. Site capacities range from 10 to reservations should be made between campgrounds. The fee is $12 per night listed. For current status of campgrounds, 75 people. The nightly use fee is $3.00 January 1 and May 15 by writing to: per site. Jenny Lake Campground is open contact entrance stations or visitor centers. per person plus a $15 non-refundable Campground Reservations, Grand Teton to tents only. Other campgrounds will Additional camping facilities are available National Park, Moose, Wyoming 83012. accommodate tents, trailers and in nearby national forests and other areas Trailer Villages recreational vehicles. All campgrounds outside the park. Colter Bay and Flagg Ranch Trailer have modern comfort stations, but do CAMPING IS NOT PERMITTED Villages are concessioner-operated trailer not have utility hookups. The maximum ALONG ROADSIDES, IN facilities with full hook-ups, showers and length of stay is 7 days at Jenny Lake and OVERLOOKS NOR IN PARKING laundry. Colter Bay has 112 sites. Flagg 14 days at all other National Park Service AREAS. Doubling-up in campsites is not Ranch has 100 trailer and 75 tent sites. campgrounds. permitted and there are no overflow Advance reservations are advisable. See reservation fee. Organized groups such as NPS campgrounds operate on a facilities. page 2 for details. Ask at a visitor center youth, religious and educational groups first-come, first-served basis and advance Group Camping for additional trailer parks located outside may use the group campsites. Advance reservations are NOT accepted. Colter Bay Campground has ten group the park and parkway. Campgrounds fill to capacity during July campsites and Gros Ventre Campground reservations are required. Requests for Backcountry Comfort Pit toilets are provided at many trailheads, but there are no toilets in the backcountry. Be sure to urinate at least 150 feet from streams and lakes. To prevent contamination of waterways, bury feces in a hole 6-8 inches deep at least 200 feet from streams and lakes. Pack out used toilet paper, tampons, sanitary napkins and diapers in sealed plastic bags. Do not bury or burn them.
Food Storage in Bear Country All food, food containers and cooking utensils must be stored in a closed, locked vehicle both day and night. Inside a car trunk is best; otherwise, keep food covered inside a vehicle with doors locked and windows rolled up. Ice chests, thermoses, dirty dishes, cups and pans must be stored in the same manner as food: inside a locked vehicle. The only exceptions allowed are during the preparation and eating of food and during food transport. Failure to observe the below regulations is a violation of federal law and may result in citations and fines. Trash and garbage must be Absolutely no food, garbage or DO NOT bury food scraps, By storing food and related stored in the same manner as food odorous products may be stored in containers or fish entrails. Deposit items properly, you set a good or placed in campground trashcans tents or sleeping bags. them in proper garbage receptacles. example for other campers and or dumpsters. Clean grills and minimize the chance of bear-camper picnic tables. When an enclosed vehicle is not DO NOT leave food, containers conflicts for yourself and other available for food storage, hang food or garbage unattended in camp for campers. Treat odorous products such as properly or use food storage boxes, even a few minutes. Bears are active soap, deodorant, suntan lotion and if available. both day and night. NEVER feed or approach a bear. 8 perfumes in the same manner as food. Hiking and Camping in Bear Country Black and grizzly bears live throughout the park and parkway and may be active any time of the day or night. The following guidelines are for your If You Encounter a Bear, do not run. protection and for the preservation of Running may elicit an attack. If the bear bears, one of the true signs of wild country. is unaware of you, detour quickly and A Fed Bear Is a Dead Bear quietly away. If the bear is aware but has Feeding spells death for not acted aggressively, back bears. Allowing a bear to away slowly, talking in an obtain human food, even even tone while waving once, often results in your arms. aggressive behavior. The Aggressive Bears bear is then a threat to If a bear approaches or human safety and must be charges you, do not run. It removed or destroyed. Do will increase the chances of not allow bears or other attack. Do not drop your wildlife to obtain human pack; it may protect your Bears & Wilderness food. body if attacked. Bears often Use the Counter Balance bluff charge, stopping before Avoid Encounters method illustrated above Wild bears symbolize wilderness. Help us Make bears aware of your contact. Bear experts when storage boxes or poles generally recommend maintain bear populations and prevent bear presence by making loud are not available. This is noises like shouting or the only method that will standing still until the bear problems. Follow the recommended singing. Be especially careful protect your food and the stops, then backing away in dense brush or along bear. You will need 50 feet slowly. Climbing trees is no of rope and two stuff sacks. practices for safe hiking and backcountry streams where water makes protection from black bears camping. Report all bear sightings and noise. Bells are not and may not help with recommended because the sound does grizzlies either. If you are knocked down, not carry well. Look ahead when hiking. curl into a ball protecting your stomach incidents at a visitor center or ranger station. and back of your head and neck. Water Warning Cool, crystal clear stream water looks Drinking untreated water can make you tempting to drink. As more and more ill. Carry sufficient water from approved people camp and hike in the sources, such as water spigots and backcountry, however, the incidence drinking fountains in the park and of intestinal infection from parkway, when hiking or enjoying any drinking untreated water has other outdoor activity. If you must use increased throughout the West. water from lakes or streams, boil Giardiasis, Campylobacter and other water for 3-5 minutes to kill harmful harmful bacteria may be transmitted organisms or filter with an approved through untreated water. device. Self-Guiding Trails Sample the history, natural history and mystery of Jackson Hole. Obtain free trail guides at visitor centers and trailheads, except for Lunch Tree Hill and String Lake, where signs are placed along the trail. Expanded versions of the trail guides for Cascade Canyon, Taggart Lake and the Colter Bay area are also sold at park visitor centers. Cascade Canyon Trail - Follow part or Lunch Tree Hill Trail - This self-guided Access Trail at String Lake - A paved all of the Cascade Canyon Trail. From the trail at Jackson Lake Lodge answers the trail follows the shore of String Lake for east shore boat dock to Inspiration Point question “What’s in a name?” Small 1/4-mile. Wayside exhibits explain the is 5.8 miles roundtrip (2.2 miles via wayside exhibits interpret the 1/2-mile trail. formation of glacial lakes. shuttle boat). Menor’s Ferry Trail - A 1/2-mile Colter Bay Area - A variety of trails lead Cunningham Cabin Trail - loop begins at the Chapel of the from the vicinity of the Colter Bay Cunningham Cabin is located 6 miles Transfiguration parking lot in Moose and Visitor Center, including the Lakeshore 1 south of Moran. Take a 3/4-mile walk to passes Bill Menor’s cabin and ferry and Trail, paved for /2-mile. learn about the early ranching history of an exhibit of historic photographs. Fire Waysides - Interpretive signs at Jackson Hole. Taggart Lake Trail - The 3.2-mile Cottonwood Creek picnic area and Flagg Ranch Area - The Polecat Creek Taggart Lake trail traverses a major Jackson Lake overlook explain various Loop Trail (2.3 miles) and nearby Flagg portion of the 1,028-acre Beaver Creek aspects of fire ecology and local fire history. Canyon Trail (5.0 miles roundtrip) offer fire. The trail begins at the Taggart Lake Scenic Turnouts - Consult interpretive scenic hiking opportunities. Leaflets parking area, 3 miles northwest of Moose. signs at scenic turnouts to learn about the available at visitor centers. natural history and geology of the Teton Range and Jackson Hole. 9 PARK PARTNERS
science education for students from third Grand Teton Natural grade to adults. Summer programs History Association include two-to-five- week residential field Grand Teton Natural History Association, free educational handouts ecology and field natural a Cooperating Association, operates available at visitor centers history courses for high school and junior interpretive and educational bookstores in and entrance stations. high school students and week-long non- five visitor centers in Grand Teton If you are thinking residential programs for third through National Park and the Rockefeller about ordering books, eighth grades. A one-year, masters level Parkway, and several outlets in National maps and pamphlets about Grand Teton graduate program in Environmental Forest and National Elk Refuge and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Teton Science Education and Natural Science is also information facilities. please check out the Grand Teton Natural offered. This summer Teton Science When you make a purchase at an History Association website: School is offering 37 one-to-four-day Association bookstore, profits are www.grandteton.com/gtnha/ School field seminars taught by expert returned to the park in the form of Obtain a mail order catalog by writing to Located within Grand Teton National instructors. For registration, tuition donations to support visitor programs. Grand Teton Natural History Association, Park, the secluded campus of the Teton information and a free catalog, write: Your purchase also supports the P.O. Box 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012 Science School was once a dude ranch. Teton Science School, Box 68T, publication of this newspaper and many or calling (307) 739-3403. Since 1967, through collaboration with Kelly, WY 83011: call 307-733-4765; the park, the school has provided natural website: www.tetonscience.org Grand Teton National Park Foundation More than four million visitors come to The Grand Teton National Park philanthropy. the Grand Teton Grand Teton National Park each year to Foundation is the only non-profit Grand Teton National Park gaze at the mountains, marvel at the organization dedicated exclusively to National Park Foundation, to raise wildlife, and enjoy experiences than raising money for projects that protect, needs your support money for the enrich their lives. They go home secure in preserve, and enhance Grand Teton now more than ever Foundation and support the knowledge that Grand Teton National Park. The Foundation receives before. Please help the Grand Teton National National Park will be waiting for their no government support, relying solely on park keep its promise to Park. You can also order next visit, or the visit of their children or the generous contributions of private the future by joining the Jackson directly by calling grandchildren many years in the future. individuals, foundations, and Grand Teton National Park Foundation (800) 541-1345. That is the promise of the National Park corporations to help Grand Teton today. For membership information call Look for Outlaw Fudge at motels System and its caretakers, the National National Park. (307) 732-0629 or write: Grand Teton and resorts in Jackson Hole. Outlaw Park Service. Philanthropy in the cause of National Park Foundation, P.O. Box 249, Fudge Company donates $1.00 from the However, the increasing popularity national parks is not new. The John D. Moose, Wyoming 83012. sale of every box of fudge to the of national parks, and decreasing federal Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway Foundation. dollars to support them, make it harder reminds us that we have the Rockefeller Help Support Our Drink Grand Teton Water, bottled each year for Grand Teton National Park family to thank for a generous 35,000- Foundation Partners by the Grand Teton Water Company in to fulfill that promise. Congress has now acre land donation that led to today’s Look for Jackson, the Teton Bear Cub at Jackson. 100% of the profits from water directed the National Park Service to find Grand Teton National Park. The Grand retail stores in the Jackson Hole area. sales are donated to the GTNP Foundation. private partners that can help the parks Teton National Park Foundation Jackson, a toy grizzly bear cub, was The bottled water is available throughout achieve long-term goals. promotes the Rockefeller spirit of developed by Manhattan Toy, a partner of the park and in Jackson.
Entrance Fees 2001 Costs for achieving National Park Service goals in Grand Teton and other National Parks have skyrocketed in recent years, while funding has not matched those ascending needs. All Americans support our national parks through tax dollars. Congress allocates some of those dollars to each park area. Unfortunately, the dollars available • Continued work on the rehabilitation of through the the popular Jenny Lake Overlook on the Fee Schedule appropriation process are Jenny Lake scenic drive to provide only sufficient to conduct the increased visitor safety, access for people Entrance fee Allows entrance to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks for yearly operation of the park. with disabilities and protection of natural 7 days: $20 per vehicle Money is not available for roads, features. $10 per person (single hiker or bicyclist) trails, facilities and infrastructure • New picnic tables, fire grates and bear $15 per motorcycle needs. In 1997, Congress authorized the boxes at selected campsites in park Golden Eagle Passport -$65 Allows entrance to all Federal Fee areas for 12 months Recreation Fee Demonstration Program, campgrounds. from purchase; non-transferable. which allows selected national parks • Replacement/Installation of new vault National Parks Pass -$50 Allows entrance to all National Park System areas for including Grand Teton and Yellowstone toilets at selected locations. 12 months from purchase; non-transferable. National Parks and other federal sites to • Maintenance of trails in Death Canyon Parks Specific Pass -$40 Allows entrance to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National increase entrance and other fees. The and Glade Creek. Trail reroute in Moose Parks for 12 months from purchase; non-transferable. parks were authorized to keep 80% of the Basin. Trail rehab at Jenny Lake as a fees collected in the park to address the result of the Alder fire. Golden Age Passport -$10 Allows lifetime entrance to all National Park System backlog of these needs as part of this The National Park Service areas to American citizens 62 years old or older; non-transferable. experimental program. Money generated appreciates your support of ongoing Golden Access Passport -Free Allows lifetime entrance to all National Park as a result of increased entrance fees will efforts to improve protection of natural System areas to American citizens who can provide proof of permanent disability; be used for projects that include the and cultural features while facilitating non-transferable. 10 following: safe and memorable visitor experiences. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
To Livingston, MT North Important Yellowstone Phone Numbers
Gardiner Northeast 911 for emergencies in Yellowstone National Park Entrance MAMMOTH North Entrance (307) 344-7381 Yellowstone National Park information. HOT SPRINGS 5 mi To Cooke City (307) 344-2386 Yellowstone National Park, Telecommunication Device 18 mi & Billings, MT Slough Creek for the Deaf only. Tower Fall Pebble (307) 344-7311 AmFac Parks & Resorts, lodging and camping Indian Creek 29 mi Creek reservations and information. 21 mi (307) 344-7311 AmFac Parks & Resorts, Telecommunication Device for 19 mi the Deaf only. More information is in Yellowstone Today, the park newspaper, available at Norris 12 mi Canyon Yellowstone National Park entrance stations and visitor centers. West Yellow- West stone Entrance 14 mi 14 mi Services 16 mi Madison Fishing Accommodations Bridge Lake Old Faithful Inn May 11 – Oct. 14 16 mi Old Faithful Snow Lodge May 4 – Oct. 14 Bridge Bay To Cody, WY Old Faithful Lodge May 18 – Sept. 16 21 mi Grant Village May 25 – Sept. 30 17 mi 27 mi East OLD FAITHFUL Entrance Lake Yellowstone Hotel May 18 – Oct. 8 West Lake Lodge June 10 – Sept. 16 Thumb ROAD CONSTRUCTION Canyon Lodge June 1 – Sept. 16 Grant Tentative Schedule Roosevelt Lodge June 8 – Sept. 3 Village Madison to Norris April 20 – May 25, 12pm Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel May 4 – Oct. 8 Lewis Open 24 hrs/day with 30 minute delays Lake 22 mi May 25, 12pm – May 29, 6am Restaurants, General Stores and Service Stations Visitor Center or Open without delays Ranger Station Lewis May 29 The following locations have restaurants or cafeterias, general stores and Open until 9pm with delays Campground Lake May 30 – August 26 service stations: Old Faithful • Canyon • Grant Village •Lake • Tower • Distances are shown Open 9am – 9 pm with 30 minute delays between markers South Entrance July 1, 9am – July 4, 9pm Mammoth Hot Springs • Roosevelt Open without delays To Grand Teton August 27 Public Showers National Park CLOSES FOR SEASON Showers are available to the public (fee charged) at Old Faithful Lodge, Grant Village Campground, Fishing Bridge RV Park and Canyon Yellowstone Roads Campground during the summer season. Spring 2001 Opening Schedule Spring weather is unpredictable; roads may be closed temporarily by snow or other weather Yellowstone Visitor Services conditions. Snow tires or chains may be required. Weather and snow conditions permitting, Visitor Centers and Museums tentative road opening dates for automobiles are: Information, publications, exhibits, movies/videos and ranger programs are available. April 20, 2001: Mammoth to Norris to Old Faithful; West Entrance to Old Faithful Albright Visitor Center, Mammoth Hot Springs April 27, 2001: Norris to Canyon Open year-round, 9am-5pm (307) 344-2263. May 4, 2001: Canyon to Lake to East Entrance; Tower to Tower Fall Old Faithful Visitor Center May 11, 2001: Lake to West Thumb; Old Faithful to South Entrance Opens April 20, 9am-5pm (307) 545-2750. May 21, 2001: Beartooth Pass (Outside the Northeast Entrance to the park) June 11, 2001: Tower to Canyon via Dunraven Pass Canyon Visitor Center Open all Year: North Entrance to Cooke City Opens May 26, 8am-7pm through Labor Day. (307) 242-2550. The scheduled opening dates in May are the earliest possible dates; some routes may actually Norris Geyser Basin Museum open later. Please call 307-344-7381 or check locally to verify. Opens May 26, 8am-7pm through Labor Day. (307) 344-2812. Museum of the National Park Ranger, Norris Autumn 2001 Closing Schedule Opens May 26, 9am-6pm through Labor Day. The only park road that remains open to wheeled vehicles all winter is the road from Fishing Bridge Visitor Center Gardiner, MT at the North Park Entrance to Silver Gate & Cook City near the Northeast Opens May 26, 8am-7pm through Labor Day. (307) 242-2450. Park Entrance. Grant Village Visitor Center Other roads close at 8:00 a.m. on the following schedule: Opens May 26, 8am-7pm through Labor Day. (307) 242-2650. October 4, 2001: Tower to Canyon via Dunraven Pass; Beartooth Pass (Outside the West Thumb Information Station Northeast Entrance to the park) Opens May 26, 9am-5pm through Labor Day. (307) 242-2652. November 5, 2001: All park roads close at 8:00 a.m. except the North Entrance to Cooke City road. Madison Information Station Opens May 26, 8am-7pm through Labor Day. (307) 344-2821. Camping in Yellowstone First-Come, First-Served Campsites may fill early in the day, especially during There are eleven campgrounds and one RV July and August. Yellowstone Campgrounds park in Yellowstone National Park. Seven Camping or overnight vehicle AMFAC Campgrounds reservations available; Open No. Sites Fee* campgrounds are operated by the National parking in pullouts, parking areas, picnic call 307-344-7311 Park Service: Mammoth, Tower Fall, areas or any place other than a designated Indian Creek, Pebble Creek, Lewis Lake, campground is prohibited; there are no Bridge Bay May 25 - Sept. 16 430 $15 Norris and Slough Creek Campgrounds. overflow camping facilities. Canyon June 1 - Sept. 9 272 $15 Sites at these seven campgrounds are All camping is limited to 14 days Fishing Bridge RV May 18- Sept. 23 344 $28 available on a first-come, first-served basis. between June 15 and September 15 and to Grant Village June 21 - Sept. 30 425 $15 30 days during the rest of the year. Check Madison May 4 - Oct. 21 280 $15 Reservable Campsites out time for all campgrounds is 10:00 a.m. *plus tax Reservations for campgrounds at Canyon, NPS Campgrounds Open No. Sites Fee Grant Village, Bridge Bay and Madison Group Camping first-come; first-served campgrounds and Fishing Bridge RV Park Group camping areas are available for Mammoth Year-round 85 $12 may be made by contacting 307-344-7311. large organized groups with a designated Norris May 18 - Sept. 24 116 $12 Fishing Bridge RV Park is the only leader such as youth groups, etc. Fees Indian Creek June 8 - Sept. 17 75 $10 campground with water, sewer and range from $40-75 per night depending Lewis Lake June 22 - Nov. 4 85 $10 electrical hookups, and is for hard-sided on the size of the group. Advance Pebble Creek June 1 - Sept. 24 32 $10 vehicles only-no tents or tent trailers. reservations are required and can be made Slough Creek May 25 - Oct. 31 29 $10 Please make your reservations early year-round by writing to AmFac Parks & and/or plan on securing your campsite as Resorts, P.O. Box 165, Yellowstone Park, Tower Fall May 18 - Sept. 24 32 $10 early in the day as possible. Campgrounds WY 82190 or by calling 307-344-7311. 11 GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
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Summer is the only time for road work because display of wildflowers. Moosehead Ranch continuing through Moran Road Work Delays warmth and dryness are essential for repairing The following projects will be accomplished Junction to the Jackson Lake Lodge, expect and resurfacing roads. Your extra patience is during the summer of 2001: delays of up to 30 minutes while crews are appreciated when road repairs cause delays in • Starting at the Gros Ventre Junction and resurfacing the road. your travel. If you are stopped by roadwork, continuing east to the park boundary, crews will please use the opportunity to view park scenery, be resurfacing the road. Expect minor delays. 12 look for birds and other wildlife and enjoy the • On Highway 26/89/191, south of the