Death Canyon, Grand Teton National Park

ByChristine Updated on

Our last hike in Grand Teton National Park was into Death Canyon. It sounds pretty ominous but we escaped unscathed. One of our water bottles though did not, when it fell to its death down some rocks and into the roaring river.

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Phelps Lake Overlook

We started at the Death Canyon trailhead from which our first stop was the Phelps Lake overlook.

Fork In The Trail

The trail then descended steeply towards the lake. The trail split, going further down to Phelps Lake on one side, and into Death Canyon on the other.

A Steep Ascent

So here we began ascending again as we hiked into Death Canyon, eventually coming upon a cascading river traveling down through the canyon. The walls on either side were tall and imposing, but magnificent sights!

Of all the hikes we did in Grand Teton National Park, this was the most strenuous. Some of you know that we had really wanted to hike the Teton Crest Trail.

We really were here early in the season to be able to do that, so we’ve decided that will have to wait until another time when we can come later in the year.

Folks that we saw coming from and going to some of the more lengthy back-country hiking carried snowshoes, ice axes, and the like.

Christine is the co-founder of Never Stop Adventuring, and an avid traveler who started traveling the world as a child growing up in a military family. She even lived in Germany for numerous years. Since then she has been to 48 U.S. states, 17 countries, and traveled the U.S. in an RV for over 7 years.

With her 3 kids, the adventures continued family travel style. She has planned and coordinated travel with kids for the last 10 years and shares family travel tips and tricks, destinations, costs and even the mistakes so you can be empowered to take your own family trips with confidence!