Grand Teton National Park houses the peaky Teton Mountain Range and a large valley called Jackson Hole.

 

Hunter-gatherers roamed here already 11000 years ago and left tools of the Clovis culture.

 

Shoshones lived in the area when the first westerners arrived in the 1800's. Half a century ago they were relocated to the Wind River Indian Reservation.

 

The park was established in 1929 and is a popular mountaineering destination.

 

In wintertime elk and bison migrate from higher grounds to the National Elk Refuge, close to the little town of Jackson.

In summertime moose can be spotted.

 

Grand Teton Park forms the southern entrance to Yellowstone National Park via the Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway.

 

We passed through the area in July 1990 and again in June 1992.