Nature
Yay or Nay—A Professional Baseball Game in the Tetons
How would you feel about a professional baseball game being played in Grand Teton National Park? Why do we ask? Major League Baseball asked the same question (though more broadly about playing in any national parks) last week to the White House, according to the Washington Post. MLB has previously held games outside of their typical stadiums a few times. One such example is at the Field of Dreams, a baseball field surrounded by corn in Iowa that was built for the movie by the same name. ...
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Elk Rutting Season in Jackson Hole: What to Know Before You Go
If you’re visiting Jackson Hole in the fall, you may hear an eerie, high-pitched call echoing across the valley. But what you hear isn’t the trapped souls of tourists who got stuck in the line to get into Yellowstone during the peak season. It’s the sound of one of the West’s most iconic wildlife events: the elk rut, their annual breeding season, when bulls compete for the chance to mate with cows. It’s like reality TV, except it's interesting. In Jackson Hole, the rut typically be...
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Wildflowers of Grand Teton, Part 3
Every year or so, we do another spotlight on the wonderful wildflowers of Jackson Hole. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. However, nature is surprisingly obliging to our blogging needs, so here are a few more wildflowers to keep an eye out for on your next trip to the Tetons. Columbian Monkshood NPS / Jacob W. Frank Aconitum columbianum Appearance: A tall perennial with striking blue-to-violet flowers shaped like a monk’s hood. This is totally different from all the ot...
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The Chronicles of Yellowstone Wolves
For thousands of years gray wolves roamed across the temperate and polar regions of North America. However, by the early 1900s, they had all but disappeared in the continental United States. Now wolves are once again thriving in Yellowstone National Park. This is their story--the chronicles of Yellowstone wolves. Gray wolves have existed for hundreds of thousands of years, living across the world in the Northern Hemisphere. As technological advances starting around the 16th century allowe...
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Weird Animal Encounters in Jackson Hole
We’ve written at length about the magnificent wildlife abundant in Grand Teton National Park. With over 60 mammals and 300 different species of birds in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, we could keep writing about them for a long time. With all our blogs, however, we’ve never covered these elusive animals. Keep reading for a look at some of the weird animal encounters in Jackson Hole. The Swiping Sneakerhead The most wily animal in our series is still on the loose. Just days ago,...
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