A still alpine lake below the Teton range

No foothills. No warning. Just up.

Wyoming

The Van Below the Tetons

  • First driven2018
  • Photos here7

No mountains announce themselves like the Tetons: no foothills, no warning, just the valley floor and then straight up. We woke below them beside a lake so still it doubled the whole range.

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