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Grand Teton National Park is near the town of Jackson, Wyo., south of Yellowstone National Park. It features majestic views of the Teton mountain range and includes Jackson Lake and Jenny Lake. Its rugged mountains attract climbers, skiers and snowboarders year-round.

Grand Teton seeks proposals for guided climbing, mountaineering school

The National Park Service has issued a prospectus to solicit proposals for guided mountain climbing and climbing schools in Grand Teton National Park. The prospectus will award two concession contracts valid for 10 years each.

Grand Teton summer road repairs will mean delays in some parts of park

Summer road repair and rehabilitation projects begin next week in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. This work will result in varying traffic delays during the 2013 travel season.

New river plan could mean more paddling in Grand Teton and Yellowstone

A new Snake River management plan has recreational paddlers hoping that Grand Teton and Yellowstone may loosen river use restrictions.

Yellowstone geyser predictions: Why didn’t it erupt on time?

Geysers are a rare sight anywhere in the world, so with half the planet’s geothermal features located in Yellowstone National Park, the natural wonders rank high on “must-see” lists for most first-time park visitors. Old Faithful is famous for erupting “on schedule,” so shouldn’t there be a geyser schedule for the whole day posted somewhere?

Sure, if geysers were truly predictable. But they’re not.

Grand Teton sets summer opening dates for roads, facilities

Road crews, maintenance workers and rangers in Grand Teton National Park are preparing for the start of the summer visitor season. And thanks to assistance from supporting partner organizations, two park facilities that had faced season-long closures due to budget cuts will instead remain open.

The park’s public affairs office on Thursday announced opening dates for seasonally operated facilities and roads in the park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, as well as details on outside funding that will help fill the gap left by across-the-board budget cuts mandated by Congress under the sequester.

Yellowstone to open roads from west and north to Old Faithful on April 19

Yellowstone National Park will open the roads from West Yellowstone and Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful on Friday, April 19, as originally scheduled, according to a statement released Monday from the park’s public affairs office.

Despite a delayed start on snow plowing due to budget cuts mandated by Congress under the sequester, the roads from Mammoth and West Yellowstone are opening as originally scheduled before cuts were announced.

Grand Teton wildlife on the move during annual spring migration

With the arrival of spring weather, warmer temperatures and the first shoots of green grass, animals are on the move from their winter ranges to their summer haunts in Grand Teton National Park.

Herds of elk recently moved off the National Elk Refuge and fanned out across the sagebrush flats, according to a statement released by the Grand Teton public affairs office.

Go online to take an “eHike” along String Lake in Grand Teton National Park

Even if you can’t make it to Grand Teton National Park in person, you can still explore one of the most popular hikes in the park by going online. A new web-based, interactive program takes viewers on an ‘eHike’ around String Lake, one of the six glacial lakes that grace the foot of the Teton Range.

Popular ‘Snowdesk’ program teaches students about Grand Teton science, ecology

For a third year, Grand Teton National Park interpretive rangers sat behind a news desk made of snow to bring the wonders of winter in northwestern Wyoming to students across America.

Rangers interacted with classrooms in California, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wyoming through video conference technology from a an outdoor location dubbed the “Snowdesk.”

Grand Teton National Park road plowing means Teton Park Road closure

Grand Teton National Park road crews will begin their annual spring plowing of the Teton Park Road from Taggart Lake parking area to Signal Mountain Lodge on Monday, April 1, 2013.

As plowing operations get underway, recreation on this winter trail will cease for the season. Visitors may continue to use other winter trails, or areas adjacent to the Teton Park Road, for skate-skiing, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing until conditions are no longer favorable.