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Yellowstone Approaches to the South Entrance

editor — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 05:20:00 +0000

You’ll be entering Yellowstone through the South Entrance if you include a visit to Grand Teton National Park in your travel plans. It’s also the closest entrance for those interested in water sports or in backcountry hiking in the relatively undeveloped southern one-third of the park. The spectacular Tetons loom above the valleys from east or west and afford splendid photographing opportunities. As much as nine thousand years ago, Native Americans left evidence that they were here. Then in the last two centuries, many colorful characters have passed through Jackson Hole. Beaver trappers came as early as the 1820s, and

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East Entrance to Fishing Bridge Junction

editor — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 18:40:00 +0000

In 1929, the original eastern border was revised, turning over to the Forest Service any land east of the Absaroka summits and, at the same time, annexing some of the headwaters of streams already in the park. Thus, Crow Creek and Jones Creek, which flow east out of the mountains north of Sylvan Pass to the North Fork of the Shoshone River, are entirely outside the park. Almost all the tributaries of the Lamar River (farther north) are within the park. Most of the eastern border now follows drainage divides, meandering along ridge crests and over mountain peaks. 3.0/23.0 I

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