2 Weeks from Texas to the Tetons


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Grand Teton National Park

This trip was planned to depart from Fort Worth, but one can easily plan a few days to catch up where this this begins. For example, if i were to leave from Austin, i would drive west to Balmorhea State Park, spend the night, and then drive to Los Alamos (as described in Day 1) from there.

Also, this trip was planned with so much driving in the beginning so we could spend as much time in Wyoming as possible. It would be a great itinerary for a month long trip if one were to stay in various places long enough to explore.

Day 1

Bandelier National Monument

  • Drive to Bandelier National Historical Park, Los Alamos, NM
  • Overnight @ Bandelier NHP

Day 2

Chaco Culture National Monument

  • Drive to Chaco Culture NHP, New Mexico
  • Highway 4 to 126 to Cuba, NM
  • Overnight @Chaco Culture NHP

Day 3

  • Drive to Moab, Utah
  • Overnight @ Dead Horse Point SP

Day 4

  • Drive to Flaming Gorge NRA WY/ UT
  • Overnight @Flaming Gorge NRA

Day 5

View from campground

  • Drive to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
  • Overnight @ Gros Ventre Group Campground

Day 6

  • Dayhike Amphitheatre Lake – 11 miles – 3100 ft elevation gain – 7 hrs
  • Start Early – 7 AM
  • Bring Water Filter
  • Prepare for backpack
  • Overnight @ Gros Ventre Group Campground

Day 7

  • 1st Day Backpack
  • Aerial Tramway from Teton Village
  • Overnight @ North Fork Granite Canyon Group Camp

Day 8

  • 2nd Day Backpack
  • Overnight @ Death Canyon Shelf Group Camp

Day 9

  • 3rd Day Backpack
  • Overnight @ Basin Lakes

Day 10

  • 4th Day Backpack
  • Overnight @ South Fork Cascade Canyon

Day 11

  • 5th Day Backpack
  • Shuttle Boat Over Jenny Lake
  • Bison Burgers @ Mangy Moose in Teton Village
  • Overnight @ Gros Ventre Group Camp

Day 12

  • Showers at Climber’s Ranch
  • Explore City
  • Buy Food
  • Overnight @ Gros Ventre Group Camp

Day 13

  • Drive to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
  • Overnight Backpack Options:
      From Bear Lake to:

    • Upper Mill Creek – 1.5 miles – 9000 ft
    • Sourdough – 3.5 miles – 10000 ft
    • Fern Lake – 5.5 miles – 10000 ft
  • By US 36:
    Moraine Park – reservations required
    Aspenglen

Day 14

  • Drive to and overnight @

    Trinidad State Park, Trinidad, Colorado
    or
    Palo Duro Canyon, Canyon, Texas

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