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| Hiking | 7.41 Miles |
1,135 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.41 Miles | 3 Hrs 4 Mns | | 2.76 mph |
| 1,135 ft AEG | 23 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | We were driving for the first half of the day and were looking for a short/medium hike when we arrived in the Tetons, and this one worked out well. The large parking at Taggart Lake TH was full, but we grabbed a parking spot along the street and started out with some of the higher peaks in clouds on a mostly overcast day, though the forecast didn't show rain.
No surprise that the trail was very crowded--the moments when there were no other people in sight were few and far between over the first few miles. We started clockwise toward Taggart first...the views of the peaks are more obstructed on that section of the hike but start to open up at the lake, and the crowds started to thin out a little as we continued toward Bradley, though we saw some horseback riders and photographers over there.
We circled around to the east side of the Bradley Lake, crossed the bridge, and took a break along the shore on that side before we started back. The second half of the loop on the return to the trailhead provided some of the best views on the route, with early fall colors in the aspens and nice clouds and shadows on the peaks. We spotted a small garter snake on the way out, and the trail had a detour because of bridge work, so the route ended following the bike path near the road to close the loop. Easy and crowded hike, but we had good weather and clouds, and we were happy with this choice to get started in the Tetons. |
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Taggart Creek |
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| | | Steady flow of water along the trail from Bradley Lake to Taggart Trailhead | | | |
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