By Marc Bowen My favorite time of the year is fall. It’s also one of the busiest times of the year for me. So I don’t always get the opportunity to get over into the parks to photograph fall color. In Grand Teton NP the autumn colors usually peak the 2nd, 3rd or 4th week […]
By Marc Bowen I left home this morning at 5:30am and drove to Driggs then onto Ski Hill Road for a few miles until turning right onto Teton Canyon Road to the south Teton Canyon trailhead. Teton Canyon Road is about five miles long and unpaved most of the way to the trailhead. It was […]
By Marc Bowen Yesterday my son Seth and I left eastern Idaho about 4:00am to make the 234 mile, four-hour drive to the trailhead. Our plan was to hike into Alice Lake, spend two nights there, do a little fishing, get some photos and maybe hike up into the Twin Lakes area. We have been […]
By Marc Bowen Its been two months since I wrote my first blog post of the year. At that time there really wasn’t very many places to hike in Eastern Idaho that didn’t have snow on the ground. I did an easy but fun hike in the snow on Cress Creek Trail the first part […]
By Marc Bowen First Attempt Yesterday morning I drove to the Darby Canyon parking lot arriving about 7:30am. It rained the whole drive there. The night before I had checked the forecast saw the forcast for rain but it was supposed to quit raining around 7am. Well by 7:30 it was still raining hard, no […]
By: Marc Bowen In September I drove to Grand Teton National Park to do some hiking but the area I planned to hike was closed for maintenance. So I drove over to check out the historical Menor’s Ferry area.This area is in the unincorporated community of Moose Wyoming. To get there I drove through the […]
By: Marc Bowen In September I drove to Grand Teton National Park to do some hiking but the area I planned to hike was closed for maintenance. So I drove over to check out the historical Menor’s Ferry area.This area is in the unincorporated community of Moose Wyoming. To get there I drove through the […]
By: Marc Bowen Hike to Holly Lake Trail location: Leigh Lake Trail Roundtrip length: 13 miles Trailhead elevation: 6875 feet Total elevation gain: 2575 feet Highest elevation: 9424 feet Trail difficulty: 18.15 (strenuous) *above info provided by TetonHikingTrails.com Getting There I left home this morning at 4:30 am so I would arrive at the trailhead […]
By: Marc Bowen Hike to Holly Lake Trail location: Leigh Lake Trail Roundtrip length: 13 miles Trailhead elevation: 6875 feet Total elevation gain: 2575 feet Highest elevation: 9424 feet Trail difficulty: 18.15 (strenuous) *above info provided by TetonHikingTrails.com Getting There I left home this morning at 4:30 am so I would arrive at the trailhead […]
By: Marc Bowen This past winter where I live was a rough one. The worst in over 25 years. So there wasn’t many opportunities to drive into the mountains because of treacherous roads and deeper then usual snow. It was a difficult task just getting out of the driveway most mornings. I was able to […]
By Marc Bowen Volcanic Tuff Cone In east Idaho near the town of Menan are twin buttes known as the North and South Menan Buttes. The north butte is also known by locals as “R” Mountain because of the big white ‘R’ painted on its north face. The south butte (the smaller of the two […]
By: Marc Bowen Their are two beautiful glacial lakes within a mile of each other that sit at the base of the Teton range in Wyoming. Taggart Lake and Bradley Lake. They share the same trail head which is accessed by entering the south entrance of Grand Teton National Park via Moose Junction just north […]
By: Marc Bowen One of my favorite hikes in the Tetons this year and the most difficult (for me anyway) was hiking the Amphitheater Lake trail out of Lupine Meadows. The hike is about 10 miles round trip with a 3000 ft elevation gain. Both Amphitheater Lake and Surprise Lake sit close together, one above […]
