Literally was just there the weekend before July 4th. We stayed in Teton Village (where the Jackson Hole skiing is) and here is how we spent our 3 full days:
Day 1 - Teton Forest
- Started bright and early and went to Jenny Lake. We hiked around the left side of the lake (about 3 miles) to hidden falls and inspiration point. Then we took the ferry back across the lake.
- Drove around to a couple of the visitors centers (nothing much to see there).
- Afternoon we look the 3.5 mile loop hike to Taggart Lake and back. Great afternoon hike. Not steep, plenty to see, beautiful lake.
Day 2 - Yellow Stone
- Left our condo at 6:00 and got to Ol Faithful a little after 8:00. Watched Ol Faithful and then did the hike right behind it to Mirror Pool and back (2 miles)
- Drove to Painted Pots and saw that
- Drove to Gibbon Falls
- Did a little drive through road that went along a river that was really pretty (can't remember the name) but it was on the way back from Gibbon Falls going towards Fairy Falls
- Started to do the hike to Fairy Falls, but it was much longer than we thought so we cut it short, as we had a 2 hour drive back
- A lot of stuff in Yellowstone is just drive up, park, walk 100 yards to attraction. All those are PACKED because all the lazy tourists want the easy reward. The stuff where you have to park and then hike a mile are a LOT less crowded because you have to put in work
Day 3 - Teton Village
- Took the tram up to the peak and had breakfast on top of the mountain (awesome waffle place)
- Did the ~3 mile hike from the tram to the gondola (beautiful views) and rode the gondola down
- Hung around village, chilled in hot tub
- Went to Jackson for dinner at Cafe Genevieve
- Went back to Teton Village and took the gondola up to the bistro at the top for a glass of wine at sunset. And FINALLY saw a couple bears on the ride down