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Grand Teton is at its best for lakes & coastline in June to September. Good but not prime in May and October. Crowds peak in July and bottom out in November.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiking | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 42 | 72 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 62 | 15 | 13 |
| Lakes & Coastline | 14 | 15 | 16 | 42 | 68 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 66 | 15 | 13 |
| Wildlife | 15 | 15 | 42 | 67 | 90 | 90 | 67 | 67 | 90 | 90 | 42 | 15 |
| Crowds |
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
The range rises 2,100m straight off the valley floor with no foothills, which is why it looks like that — and it sits an hour from Yellowstone, so most people see both on one trip
Lakeside and canyon day walks, some steep. No guide needed, bear spray essential.
Expecting the high trails to be open in June. Snow lingers into July above 2,700m, and Jenny Lake’s shuttle and the passes open late in heavy years.
July and August, with the wildlife jams at dawn and dusk
The lakeside walks and the Jenny Lake shuttle are easy. This is grizzly country and bear spray is not optional — that changes how you walk with children.
In-park lodges book a year out. Jackson is the expensive gateway with the airport; Victor and Driggs are over the pass in Idaho for far less, an hour’s drive each way.
Most of the park road closes to cars from November to May, and Teton Pass shuts in storms.Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · Nov · Dec
Kept out of the score on purpose. Averaging a rare catastrophe into a monthly number would tell you something false; the warning is the honest form.
Carry bear spray and know how to use it; both grizzly and black bears are common and the park is explicit about it. Afternoon thunderstorms build fast over the range in July and August — be off ridges by early afternoon.
0 is this destination’s own quietest month and 100 its busiest. The scale never compares one destination to another. Source: NPS GRTE
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