Today we drove down to Jackson WY, home of the Grand Tetons. Truly beautiful mountains. After 6 nights camping we are staying in a hotel this evening up near Rendezvous Mountain, the ski resort in Jackson. Our plans tomorrow were to head into the backcountry via the arial tram for the ski mountain. Taking this up to the top of Rendezvous Mtn at 12000 feet and working our way back down through Granite Canyon on the flanks of the Tetons. Our trip thus far has been graced with great weather, but it looks like we may need to alter our plans. Due to the cold summer they have had here it appears there is still a ton of snow up top such that trail signs are buried and ice axes may be needed for safe travel. We are not exactly prepared for that, so we're looking at alternative plans, perhaps hiking up from the base into the camping zone of Granite canyon - not as fun as taking the tram, but maybe our only option.
At any rate, Jeanette had a wonderful time shopping in Jackson this afternoon - its a pretty neat town with a real western feel.
