21st May 2025

Well, what a difference 24 hours can make! It has been a lovely bright, sunny and fairly warm day. 🌞So different to yesterday.

We started with a visit to Jackson for some shopping, as you do and headed straight for the Eddie Bauer store. The clothing there has always been of high quality and it’s where we stock up on our hiking gear. You can imagine our disappointment when we discovered they were no longer trading in Jackson! 😔We we were bereft and were a little lost for a while. Of course, there are other outfitters in Jackson so we made our may to one of them and managed to find a thing or two, some in the Spring sale.

My favourite hiking and gym shoes are by La Sportiva and I found a lovely pair the colours of which reminded us of the Gryffindor colours in Harry Potter, so of course, I had to buy them! 👏 I haven’t been able to buy them in the UK although they do sell them across Europe.

As it was a lovely day we knew it would be okay to ride the Teton Village Aerial Tram as the views would indeed be magnificent and we were not disappointed.

 

The trams leave every 15 minutes and can transport 600 people per hour up to Rendezvous Mountain. The mountain stands at 10,450 feet and in the winter can have 400 inches of snow. There are over 200 species of plants and lots of wildlife live up there including Golden Eagles.

For those who like the technicals, the trams are run by 1000 horsepower motors, 15 miles of steel cable, 200 assorted wheels and three braking systems!

The ride up was spectacular. When we arrived it was bitterly cold and there was a lot of snow.❄️The temperature at the bottom of the mountain was 52ºF (11ºC) and 25ºF (-4ºC) at the top! 🥶 But more of a concern was the wind. It was blowing a gale. We were told the wind was 30 miles per hour but it felt much stronger to us. 💨

It was quite scary at times and I thought I would be blown away. Everyone was holding on to glasses, hats and scarves. There was a viewing platform that went out over the mountain but because of the wind, most found that a step too far. Si, of course, braved it to see what photographs he could get. The views were magnificent, we could not have chosen a better day.

At the summit there is Corbet’s Cabin Top of the World Waffles where waffles are made to order and hot drinks are available. Very welcome after experiencing the cold wind.

 

 

 

 

One of our sunrise visits will be to Schwabacher Landing so we drove there to make sure the road was open. Although we’ve been there previously, it’s a beautiful place and Si’s always on the look out for a better sunrise photograph. That means a very early start any day now! 🥱

There were two nesting sites with geese sitting on eggs so that was an added bonus.

As we left the Teton National Park we had our first siting of large wildlife, a young Moose. We were not the only excited ones. The two National Park employees in the Entry/Exit booths also had their cameras out taking photos.

It was our intention to dine in Jackson this evening but after quite a long day we decided to eat once again at Pizza & Pasta with Si having the buffalo pasta and me the Lobster Ravioli for a second time. Well, it was delicious. The restaurant is only a two-minute walk from the cabin so we can stagger back easily after a drink or three. 🍷🍻🥴

Please join us to see what adventures tomorrow brings.