Teton Vacation Roundup

Five days in the Tetons - even for a duo as active as us - isn't enough to even scratch the surface of what this area had to offer. We had an absolutely amazing trip.

I've broken the "TRs" into six segments / photo galleries. As always - if you'd like more information, GPS tracks, etc. on any of these places - don't hesitate to leave a comment or shoot us an email.

Teton vacation links:

Mountain Biking in Teton Village and Cache Creek
Hiking the Paintbrush-Cascade Canyon Loop
Rafting the Snake River
Kayaking on Jackson Lake
Running all over the Tetons
Teton Randomness (Pictures that didn't fit elsewhere, but are still awesome!)

Teton Randomness (Pictures that didn't fit elsewhere, but are still awesome!)

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More pictures that didn't have a home in any of the other pages about the trip...

Buffalo party!

"Tell me if he starts to charge the car!"

This is where we stayed - a condo in Teton Village

Vacation is tiring!

McDonalds has dipped cones now?!?!?!

Oh and yeah, we still like ice cream :-)  Currently - we're obsessed with the serve-yourself soft-serve at Maverik stations!

Mountain Biking in Teton Village and Cache Creek

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We are very much beginner/intermediate mountain bikers (ie. we're very fit but not good at the technical stuff!). Still, we enjoy getting out once in a while to give the legs a break from the pounding of running and hiking. Since we were staying in Teton Village, we checked out some of their new trails one afternoon - they have a new lift-served downhill biking park, but we used human power to get up, ride a XC loop (Saratoga trail), then bomb (ie. ride the brakes!) down some of the new downhill trails.

On our last day in Wyoming, we checked out the Cache Creek area near Snow King. This area is awesome for XC mountain biking (and would also be fantastic for trail running). We linked up the Cache Creek and Putt-Putt trails for a 14 mile loop. Fun singletrack and big views - hard to beat that!

Here's some informational links to the trails we rode:
Teton Village Mountain Biking
Greater Snow King Trail Network

Teton Village biking - this is a new bridge they just installed

Snow King ski area in Jackson

Cache Creek

Heading up on the Putt-Putt trail

Finishing up the Putt-Putt

Riding back to Jackson on the dirt road

Good thing for everyone else that I don't wear cycling clothes very often! :-)

Kayaking on Jackson Lake

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The day after rafting on the Snake River, we had the urge to get back on the water. Kayaking is always fun, especially on lakes with stunning views - like Jackson Lake. Since we were already at the northern end of the park in the morning for a trail run, we headed over to Colter Bay, had lunch, then rented some kayaks for a few hours. Our timing was perfect - 10 minutes after finishing the kayak tour, another rain storm rolled in.

This was Andrea's first time kayaking, and she loved it.

Colter Bay

The big peak out in the distance across the lake is Mt Moran

Storm rolling in

Rafting the Snake River

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On the third day of our trip, we needed something a little "easier" to do after the Paintbrush-Cascade hike, so we took a rafting trip down the Snake River with Teton Whitewater. We had scored some Living Social vouchers earlier this spring, cutting the cost in half (always nice!). Even though the morning started off rainy and overcast, it cleared up nicely for the trip. We rafted about 8 miles down a stretch of the river than was a little south of Jackson.

The water is running low this year, so the rapids weren't crazy at all - but its running with enough velocity to make it a lot of fun.

As Andrea said while we were out on the water - "Sometimes its nice to be outside and not be doing something aerobically difficult." I couldn't agree more :-)

Bald Eagle

Fun day on the water