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Showing posts with label Grand Teton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Teton. Show all posts

Jul 18, 2014

Signal Mountain and a large wild moose met Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park

Back to the Great Lakes and the grasslands of perpetual snow-covered rocky mountains over 4,000 meters above sea level, rises in northwestern Wyoming, Grand Teton in the United States National Park is the second story of the trip.

Jenny Lake (Jenny Lake) to run from the north of the narrow summit came up the hill and walk down to pull up to this place in the Signal Mountain (Signal Mountain) that place. (See Park Map previous travels)

Looking back, just below the top of this wonderful landscape stretches as a surprise.

Jackson Lake is the largest lake in the park (Jackson Lake) to become a floating ice cap on small islands covered with rocks and mountains that look over! This is why most American landscape that appeared on the calendar lets me know down it.

Below normal in the east and in between the meadows and winding stretches of the Snake River flows (Snake River) The stream that looks vaguely. Meadow south of the tourist town that Jackson (Jackson) to the National Elk Reserve (National Elk Refuge) as specified.

Along the lake turned back down the hill, the largest town in the National Park Colter Bay Village had arrived at the Visitor Center. (Google Map Click here for a map)

Indian Art in the Visitor Center with museum passes, the Jackson Lake comes out the lake.

We are a small embankment on the lake (?), A small island connected to the left side of the trail was way round.

Now we are standing in Lake Jackson is 2,000 meters above sea level, there will be another tough 2000 meters near the magnificent mountains of rock without a well ...

The air is clear and without a car, among 2,000 meters above sea level, the sun is dazzling in hot June 30, 2009 Grand Teton National Park ~

In fact, in order to view the lake from the rocky mountain near the trail bother to return just one hour there was no need. Flower Arrangement is free of harmful quiet of a small island, but soon go up to Yellowstone National Park, vain regrets had suggested taking this trail trudged back to the Visitor Center, which ...

Suddenly appeared in front of us a big wild moose (Moose)! This photo of me there is no sense of how big this guy really a big horse (horse) was only. Browse the Internet, Moose (Moose) in Korean is 'moose' said, deer and a shoulder height of the largest animals 2m, 800kg to weigh. Unfortunately it is one kind of like this guy is a female palm there was no widespread horns can be seen.

Reddish-brown, instead of the mother of the little one went past waddle along behind, two litter size is bigger than the deer in the mountains often look normal. Somewhat difficult trail was not fun is great wisdom to see two wild moose is a really good dad to report that the trail was thanks ... ^ ^

Jackson Lake in Grand Teton's many lakes where you can launch a boat from the only. The visitor center has a lot of boats anchored in the back of the dock was, as far as the United States, such as his car dragging motor boats are also people who enjoy boating.

Northward along the lake back up, Lizard Creek picnic lunch and ate lunch in the area. 7 of the Western United States on the 30th day of a camping trip, where the Grand Teton and a goodbye and now the Yellowstone into a national park.

America's most photogenic National Park, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming

Preparing for the trip to 30 days' calendar of American landscape photography that appeared most frequently in the National Park', or' sajinbal National Park is the most well-received "a place that was with description, Yosemite is not the Grand Canyon, WY (Wyoming) This week in the Grand Tetons (Grand Teton) National Park, respectively.

One full day in the morning to run hard-to-find red desert of Utah was morning, the snow-capped snow-capped rocky mountains look far to running a green meadow. Tourism City of Jackson (Jackson) only 10 minutes left the motel and already came in Grand Teton National Park.

Map of Grand Teton National Park, which is shown at the top of the map where the Yellowstone (Yellowstone) National Park located just below. So, the famous Yellowstone easy way to think about passing on, never! Light can not pass is a huge attraction in the area. (Click to enlarge the map, Google map, click here for location)

Moose Junction to the intersection and turn left at the bridge across the Snake River to the so even though the end of June the white snow-capped Rocky Mountain Front landscape blocks.

Where exactly should hear first here is the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center.

Many people seem to feel vaguely Japanese-built visitor center of the building.

Beautiful upright pillars give the log to a really grand and gorgeous inside.

Suspended from floor-to-ceiling height at the third floor view of aftershocks cool to watch and there is a wife and wisdom, here is an art exhibition and visitor center building ... ^ ^

It was exhibited in a number of fun moose, bison, elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer footprints and hair so you can compare directly touching the experience learning.

Explaining the history of the park, the bronze sculptures of people made me stand set! Ball too can accept, some think this is a waste of money that was about ...

Visitor Center from one room to eat inside, the box office will enter 0 won out. And, finally, he looks over 4,197 m above sea level, near the peaks of the Grand Teton mountains ... we were in the car about 2,000 meters above sea level, the road is so high that rises more than 2,000 meters in a meadow in the mountains of rock.

Look me in the center and the name of the highest mountain, Grand Teton National Park is the name of a French fur hunters in the early 1800s which are attached to the name, in English, the 'great nipple', or 'big nipples' means that.

More than 4,000 meters above sea level, the rock up the mountain and starting point of a professional climber, the most beautiful lakes had arrived at Jenny Lake Visitor Center.

Here is a small visitor center inside the Lodge and the atmosphere is cozy.

The visitor center has a small marina next to the lake, which the mountain across the lake to get to the bottom of the entrance to Hidden Falls, and we should have to pay a separate fee pass-

Instead of turning on the car, along the lake, mountains, rocks toward becoming closer.

So this place is reached upstream of Jenny Lake and Leigh Lake and String Lake to cross a narrow bridge connecting the bridge to the left - this walk along the lake to Hidden Falls is comes out, it takes 3 hours round trip to the lake on the bridge was reported only turn back view. Next time, please ... ^ ^

The picnic area to the north, and in the woods there is a property of Jenny Lake Lodge.

Been created by a glacier south of our daughters' wisdom of the Lake "is shown. (Wisdom of the English name 'Jenny', so ... ^ ^) is 2000 meters from the lake close to the surface of the water rises more than 4,000 meters above sea level in the low peak to the Cathedral (Cathedral) as you call him that.

Running north again, this national park overlooking the panoramic hills of Signal Mountain on the way to a short car. That Teton Mountains of the rocks are made of very old rocks 2.7 billion years ago, but only began to climb this mountain range rises to 10 million years ago, around the world, even the most 'young' as the mountains. 2.7 billion years vs. 0.1 one hundred million years, and our life is one hundred million years at most 0.00001 ... ^ ^ I imagine at least as much as the difference between this point showed great view, U.S. / Canada West trip was the beginning of the second film brilliant.