Signal Mountain Trail (10 miles) follows an unplowed road to the 7,593-foot summit of Signal Mountain, from which skiers have an excellent view of the
Teton Range and Jackson Hole.
Park includes most of the
Teton Range and part of Jackson Hole Valley.
Dawn had broken clear and cold, and the jagged peaks of the Teton Range cut into the deep blue sky like flint spearheads.
But behind it all, there is the magnificently ever-present breadth and height of the Teton Range, its snowfields and cracked glaciers glistening in the sun.
The only way into the rugged canyons of the Teton Range itself is on foot (see "On the Trail," page 28), but the rewards of these steep, moderately difficult hikes are well worth the effort.
Perched high on the western wall of the
Teton Range just across the eastern Idaho state line in Wyoming, Grand Targhee sits at the narrow end of what amounts to a geographic funnel.
To put it in perspective, one subrange of the Sierra, the Great Western Divide in Sequoia National Park's backcountry, is comparable in size--and, some say, grandeur--to Wyoming's
Teton Range. The Sierra's length encompasses 18 counties, 9 national forests, 3 national parks, and 3.4 million acres of wilderness.
A 1.5-kilometer loop, Lodgepole Trail is an easy intermediate route that gives a panorama of the whole
Teton Range. Weekends, lessons are available ($7.50).