Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park staff will host a citizen science glacier survey Labor Day weekend, September 1 and 2. The effort is the first of its kind in the park and will give citizen volunteers the opportunity to participate in glacier monitoring efforts in the Teton Range.

Photographer Rebecca Latson recently completed a 3-week road trip and move from southeast Texas up to central Washington State. During that time, she visited five national parks. In those parks, she saw some pretty stupid stuff such as litter, people driving faster than the posted speed limit, and poor choices in hiking footwear, to name a few things. Rebecca wrote an article of her observations, which are a good reminder for us all to do some planning and be a little more thoughtful of how we treat our national parks as guests.

A misstep, or perhaps equipment failure, sent a climber 300 feet to his death at Grand Teton National Park.

A highly popular area near Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park has been closed to the public for the immediate future due to concerns over expanding cracks and fissures in a large rock outcropping, park officials said Tuesday evening.