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Grand Teton Guide & John D The official newspaper of Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton Guide & John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Fall 2013 (September 3 – October 31) Memorial Parkway Danielle Lehle Welcome to Grand Teton in their budgets in the last half of the fiscal year. In Ocean Lake. See page 3 for more information on spite of these cuts, we will continue to strive to ensure sequestration impacts. National Park visitor safety and protect park resources. Although some facilities and services are not available Whether you watch wildlife, take a scenic drive, hike Please visit the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor this summer, we are committed to helping you make the trails or scale the peaks, this spectacular landscape Center or Colter Bay Visitor Center to better plan life long memories during your visit. Enjoy your time inspires us all. The scenery, wildlife and local culture your time and learn how to keep yourself safe in this spent in the shadow of the Teton Range, be safe, and are timeless, and park staff work hard to protect these wild landscape. The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve please help us preserve the many treasures of Grand resources for you and generations to come. We hope Center, Jenny Lake Visitor Center and Jenny Lake Teton National Park during this and future visits. you enjoy your visit and return often to this and other Ranger Station will remain open this summer thanks national parks. For any return visitors, you will likely to private financial support from park partners and notice some changes this year. friends. We are very grateful for their support. Mary Gibson Scott Superintendent On March 1st, all federal agencies, including the Closures this summer include: the Flagg Ranch Grand Teton National Park National Park Service, were affected by an action Information Station; all campsites and restrooms along John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway known as sequestration. National parks were directed the Grassy Lake Road; and the roads and restrooms to take an across-the-board five percent reduction for Spalding Bay, Schwabachers Landing and Two Always maintain a distance of at least 100 yards from bears and wolves, and 25 yards from all other animals. Never position yourself between an adult and its offspring. Bears in the Fall Females with young are especially defensive. Let wildlife Would you believe that bears consume up to 20,000 thrive undisturbed. If your actions cause an animal to flee, calories a day in the fall? This feeding-frenzy is called you are too close. “hyperphagia.” Bears put on weight in fall to survive winter hibernation. Hawthorne and chokecherry bushes It is illegal to feed wildlife in the park including ground line the Moose-Wilson Road providing prime habitat for squirrels and birds. Feeding wildlife makes them both black and grizzly bears. Park rangers will close this Danielle Lehle dependent on people and often results in poor nutrition. road if necessary due to bear activity. Please follow all food storage regulations. Look for bear LIVING WITH WILDLIFE challenges all of us. Whether boxes at campgrounds and picnic areas. Allowing bears to you visit Grand Teton National Park on vacation or live in obtain human food even once often results in aggressive As you travel through the park, please “Be Bear Aware.” the valley of Jackson Hole, encountering wildlife in their behavior. The bear becomes a threat to human safety and • Both black and grizzly bears may be dangerous. own environment is thrilling and potentially dangerous. must be relocated or killed. • Stay at least 100 yards from bears and wolves. • Remain in your vehicle if bears are present. Observing and photographing wildlife draws many to Whatever brings you to this special place, remember the • Hike in groups, make noise and carry bear spray. this beautiful place; seeking out the smallest calliope spectacular mountains and the diverse wildlife. We hope • Keep a clean camp and always store any product with hummingbird or the largest grizzly bear. We all share a you will remain connected to this place long after you an odor properly. responsibility to protect ourselves and the park’s animals. return home. International Visitors Contact Information Contents Grand Teton National Park Website www.nps.gov/grte/ Des renseignements en Français sont disponibles Visitor Centers .......................................... 2 aux centres des visiteurs dans le parc. Grand Teton National Park Facebook www.facebook.com/GrandTetonNPS Grand Teton National Park Tweets twitter.com/GrandTetonNPS Campgrounds ........................................... 3 EMERGENCY ................................................................................................................. 911 Go Digital ................................................. 3 Sie konnen Informationen auf Deutsch in den Park Dispatch ............................................................................................... (307) 739-3301 Safety & Weather ..................................... 4 Besucherzentren bekommen. Visitor Information ....................................................................................... (307) 739-3300 Bear Aware ............................................... 5 Weather ...................................................................................................... (307) 739-3611 Suggested Activities ............................. 6-7 Se puede conseguir información en Español en Road Construction Hotline ........................................................................... (307) 739-3614 Green Team, Wildlife ............................... 8 el Centro del Visitante. Backcountry & River Information .................................................................. (307) 739-3602 Fire & Park Partners ................................. 9 Climbing Information ................................................................................... (307) 739-3604 Services & Facilities ................................. 10 Accessibility information available at Yellowstone ............................................ 11 visitor centers and on the Grand Teton Camping Information ................................................................................... (307) 739-3603 Web site: http://www.nps.gov/grte. Lost and Found ........................................................................................... (307) 739-3350 Park Map ................................................. 12 TTY/TDD Emergency Calls Only .................................................................... (307) 739-3301 Publication of the Grand Teton Guide made possible through the generous support of the Grand Teton Association. GRAND TETON National Park National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Grand Teton Guide Published By Grand Teton Association, a not-for- profit organization, dedicated to supporting the interpretive, scientific and educational activities of Grand Teton National Park. Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott National Park Editor/Designer Service Director Ann Mattson Horace Albright Park Ranger, Interpretation speaks at the 1929 Grand Teton National Park Address Park designation Grand Teton National Park ceremony. P.O. Drawer 170 Moose, WY 83012 FEW LANDSCAPES IN THE WORLD are settlers. Today, more than 300 historic in the National Park System, Grand Teton as striking and memorable as that of Grand structures remain in the park. preserves a piece of the natural and cultural Phone (307) 739-3300 Teton National Park. Rising abruptly from heritage of America for the benefit and the valley floor, the Tetons offer a testament This spectacular mountain range and enjoyment of future generations. Email to the power and complexity of nature. The the desire to protect it resulted in the [email protected] mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers and skies are establishment of Grand Teton National Park While you are here, take a moment to put home to diverse and abundant plants and in 1929. Through the vision and generous your cares aside, stroll through a sagebrush Web site animals. philanthropy of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., meadow, hike a park trail, sit on a quiet www.nps.gov/grte additional lands were added, creating the lakeshore, and lose yourself to the power of People have been living in the shadow of present day park in 1950. this place. EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ the Teton Range for more than 11,000 years. The National Park Service cares for the The human history of this area is extensive, Grand Teton National Park is truly a special We hope you will be refreshed and restored special places saved by the American beginning with prehistoric American and unique place. With thoughtful use and during your visit, and stay connected to this people so that all may experience our Indians, to the early Euro-American careful management, it can remain so for magnificent landscape long after you have heritage. explorers, and the more recent frontier generations to come. As with other sites returned home. Visitor Centers 2013 Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Located in Moose, 1/2 mile west of Moose Junction. (307) 739-3399. May 1-June 2 8 am to 5 pm June 3-Sept. 2 8 am to 7 pm Sept. 3-Nov. 3 8 am to 5 pm Jenny Lake Visitor Center Located 8 miles north of Moose Junction on the Teton Park Road. Open Daily. (307) 739-3392. June 1-Sept. 23 8 am to 5 pm Opening made possible by support from the Grand Teton Association. Jenny Lake Ranger Station Entrance Fees Located 8 miles north of Moose Junction on the Teton Park Road. Open Daily. (307) 739-3343. Single Entry Grand Teton
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