pic: Dottie & Al Skierkiewicz Upper Falls, Yellowstone River

[Bill_Hancoc]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Wow,
Lot's of questions.
Yes we spent two days in the Tetons/Jackson Hole. Mountains are always overwhelming to someone from the flatlands. However the Tetons are very impressive for their stark lines and awesome beauty rising from the floor of the Jackson valley.
Best advice is to use the resources that are available when you go to a National Park. Look up ranger led walks, tours and talks. Ask for ideas at each ranger station/visitor center. By doing this, we saw a geiser erupt that the ranger hadn't seen erupt in 25 years in the park, we were told of the best place in the park to watch the sunset (Lake Butte Overlook, 800 ft. above Lake Yellowstone) and were led by a ranger off trail to a mudpot that appeared in 1973 as two little holes in the ground and today is about 30' wide and 120' down the side of the hill.

I saw that same one..very kool and wierd at the same time....The tetons are amazing and that probably was one of my favorite parts of the trip...

I would suggest going on a ranger walk also...we sadly only went on one but we wish we had gone on more...the park rangers are really nice and know a lot about the park...

Here is a link to a google earth picture of the teton mt's that i took (sorta)




as for tips...try to go during the week....we started touring on a monday and there was very few crowds anywhere...none of the attractions were overly packed and parking want too bad either