• The Cathedral Group from the Teton Park Road

    Grand Teton

    National Park Wyoming

  • Bears are active in Grand Teton

    Black and grizzly bears are roaming throughout the park--near roads, trails and in backcountry areas. Hikers and backcountry users are advised to travel in groups of three or more, make noise and carry bear spray. Visitors must stay 100 yards from bears. More »

Elk Management Program

Elk grazing in the sagebrush with Mt. Moran in the background with new snow.

Dan Ng

Elk grazing with new snow in the mountains.

Elk Management Program
Congress included a provision for managing elk numbers during the 1950 park expansion through a special annual elk management program. Hunting occurs in the park from mid-October through early December. Please see the elk brochure for more information about elk ecology and a map of the hunt areas.

If you are recreating in the park during the reduction period remember to wear orange or other bright colors to alert yourself to hunters. Please read the elk hunt in progress brochure for more information.

Did You Know?

Banded gneiss

Did you know that the granite and gneiss composing the core of the Teton Range are some of the oldest rocks in North America, but the mountains are among the youngest in the world?