Grand Teton National ParkAug 7-17, 2007. While in the Tetons we stayed at two of the Grand Teton National Park Campgrounds: Colter Bay and Gros Ventre. Both are dry camping sites and are rarely full. Both are $17 per-night to "dry camp" with central water and dump site of course if you have the "geezer-pass" the rate will be half that. There are several hundred sites in each of the campgrounds. We spent most of our time in Gros Ventre because it is located only 10-miles from Jackson and we love Jackson and all it has to offer.
We have been in Grand Teton National Park for over a week now. We haven't been taking as many pictures as we normally do but we have been here so many times that we are getting sensitized. What I have put together here is a smorgasbord of pictures that I thought would be interesting, especially to people who have not visited the Tetons.
Deadmans Bar Grade in Grand Teton National Park
You do not often see a 19% grade sign. This one was on a gravel road used to access the raft launching site at Deadman's Bar on the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park. Thankfully, the grade was short. It only went down the side of a large galacial moraine, possibly a 150' drop in elevation.
Rafters on Snake River at Deadman's Bar in Grand Teton National Park
We stopped at the raft launch site and watched the operation. I think these are 3.5 hour raft trips down the Snake River here in Grand Teton National Park. The operators load everyone in a large 15-passenger van that is towing the raft on a flat bed trailer like the one you see in this picture. The raft company has two employees in the van. One is going down the river in the raft. He is the man in the raft with the white visor. The other employee, the one in the orange jacket in this picture, drives the van and trailer back to the take out spot. It is a pretty slick operation. The employees unload the passengers from the van and get them into life jackets. While the other employee backs the trailer and raft down the ramp. Next the employees position the raft next to the rear of the trailer that is still in the water on the ramp. Steps are placed in position so that customers can climb the steps onto the trailer without getting their feet wet. Pretty slick. After the customers are seated in the raft all there is to do is cast off and they are on their way down the river. The other employee throws the steps into the van and heads back to the take out point.
Rafters on Snake River just after cast off from Deadmans Bar in Grand Teton NP
Less than a minute after the customers are loaded the raft at Deadman's Bar they are headed down the Snake River.
There were 10 or more vans in line patiently waiting their turn to put their rafts in the river and head out.
Rafters on Snake River floating past one of the pull-out viewing areas in Grand Teton NP
Joyce took this picture of one of the rafts from a view point high above the Snake River several miles downstream from where we watched the rafts being launched.
Snake River in Grand Teton National Park
That is another raft from another view point. I hope that you remember that 19% grade sign a few pictures back. The 19% grade was negotiating that bank of glacial moraine you see in this picture (the bank on top). The bank on the bottom was created by the Snake River.
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