Taggart Lake Hike With Beautiful Views of the Teton Mountain Range

Grand Teton National Park (62 degrees, blue skies)

Shortly after you enter the Grand Tetons National Park is a trailhead to a spectacular four mile (roundtrip) hike to Taggart Lake.  It was a beautiful afternoon for a hike and currently this is one of a few trails which are open. We've hiked quite often since fulltiming and this one rates 5 stars in our book. You can see wonderful views of the Tetons throughout the hike and it's relatively easy with little elevation change.  

Shortly after we left the parking lot we heard a roaring river and came upon this bridge and beautiful river. What a great start!

We lingered here for awhile and watched the river roar down the valley.  It was icy cold at this time of year but it might be very pleasant in the summer.  

Click on the video below to enjoy the river too!

After we left the river we came upon some  horses which had gotten out of their corral.  They ran back and forth on the trail for awhile happy to be free. Soon they settled down and someone called the owners to retrieve them.  This company offers trail rides on the same trail we were on.  

There were beautiful views around every corner

Trail riders

We did have to hike in two shady areas which still had a lot of snow on the trail.  It is melting and we found it difficult to hike along due to sinking sometimes up to our hips in snow.  I'm sure in a couple of weeks it will be all melted.

At last we came upon the beautiful Taggart Lake.  It appeared to be crystal clear.  We sat on a large warm rock and just enjoyed all the splendor around us.  There were not very many people on the trail and it was very peaceful.  

This is a loop trail but today we had to head back the same way due to all the snow pack.  Just as we were leaving the trial we spotted this deer laying down in the shade.  I'm sure she saw us too.  What a great way to spend an afternoon. There are several other hikes in this area we will be sure to check out soon