Hiking to Taggart and Bradley Lakes

I just couldn’t wait to go on a hike in these mountains so we packed up and headed to the Taggart Lake trailhead along with about 200 others already parked there.  For some reason (evidently faulty reasoning) we thought the crowds would be thinning out this time of year but boy are we wrong!

The trail took us through forests, along a lovely cascading stream and up to Taggart Lake where we had a beautiful view of  Grand Teton Peak and the surrounding mountains.  Parts of the hike took us through an area that had been ravaged by forest fires in 1985.  It was interesting to see the new growth trees and bushes.  These two lake were formed by glaciers millions of years ago when they retreated and left a large moraines of rock that damned up the lakes.  We thought this would be a 4 mile hike but it turned into more of a 6 mile slog.  I guess we are a bit out of shape.

We stopped at Dornans to find the best flies for John to fish with, shopped a sale (I found a bargain skort), and had a nice cold brew at the bar. It feels so good to be back in the Tetons!