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Map of Teton National Park

We stayed at a condo on the Idaho/Wyoming state line which is part of the Grand Targhee ski resort accommodations.

The Jackson Hole Mountain ski resort is directly south of the park with the lifts, hotels, and condos at Teton Village.

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Partial trail map for Grand Targhee ski resort. Grand Targhee is on the west slopes of the Tetons.

We did a "warm up" hike at the ski resort. We started on the "Teton Vista Traverse," then used ice axes to climb the steep face to Mary's Nipple (9920'). We traversed across to Peaked Mountain (9830'), from there it was an easy plunge step back down to the access road (aka "Teton Vista Traverse").

Note that winter access for skiing to the bowl where we hiked is either a hike in or as guided snowcat skiing. The resort terminates at the ridge line, but most likely it looks possible to ski down from Peaked (albeit out of bounds) to the campground/trailhead below in Alaska Basin (6955').

No pictures because we accidentaly left the camera at the condo.

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The ski trail map for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. This resort is on the east slopes of the Teton range.

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Alaska Basin hike

Here is a topographic map of the general area.

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Death Canyon hike

Continue topographic map to south.

The Alaska Basin and Death Canyon is separated by a high ridge line under Buck and Static peaks.

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Bear Lake from the overlook coming out of Logan Canyon.

It was a nice day to start our vacation.

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Looking east at the Grand Teton from the road in Alta, Wyoming. The flat table-top mountain is Table Mountain (elev: 11,106'). The snow prevented us from going there this year. The high mountains beyond are Mt. Owen, The Grand (elev: 13,770'), and The Middle Teton.

The snow on the flanks of Table Mountain is usually mostly melted by the time we go on our anniversary trip. This year there was several feet at 9000' and above, and more in shaded canyon areas.

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Alaska Basin hike

A nice waterfall at the start of our hike in Alaska Basin on Tuesday.

The tradeoff for the late snowmelt was no wildflowers, but full force waterfalls.

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Alaska Basin hike

This field is usually a mass of paintbrush, loupine, and columbine.

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Alaska Basin hike

The snow line is well defined on the shelf above.

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Alaska Basin hike

A white-water sheet- it's hard to determine where the snow stops and the water starts.

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Alaska Basin hike

A rushing cascade of South Teton creek. This is from the far end of our hike in Alaska Basin. We stopped mostly because the snow prevented us from following the trail any further.

There is a bridge across the creek a few hundred yards from this location. It is the only bridge across and we didn't find it when hiking there a few years ago. The current is fast and the stream gets bigger with every side-stream that joins the creek. Here the creek is fairly small, but it is still uncrossable without taking your life into your hands. Luckily, a few years ago, we found a large fallen pine log across the creek about a mile lower.

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Alaska Basin hike

Looking north. The southern faces of the peaks are nearly snow free.

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Alaska Basin hike

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Alaska Basin hike

A look back down Alaska Basin. The peaks in the background are Peaked Mountain and Mary's Nipple where we hiked on Monday.

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Death Canyon

Phelps Lake from the overlook.

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Death Canyon

The clear water at the upper end of Phelps Lake.

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Death Canyon

A rare wildflower (at least for this year.)

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Death Canyon

The Death Canyon creek was a raging torrent that sounded like a freight train. None of the photos did it justice.

A sliver of Phelps Lake below is visible in the upper left corner.

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Death Canyon

High walls at the entrance to Death Canyon. Difficult photographic conditions.

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Death Canyon

A large bull moose.

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Death Canyon

Upper reaches of the straight portion of Death Canyon.

Mount Meek? Mount Jedediah Smith?

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Death Canyon

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Death Canyon

Lorraine smiling.