We had the pleasure of spending a few days in Grand Teton National Park in northeastern Wyoming.
The Tetons mountain range is just 40 miles long, but the most striking I've ever seen. They rise up out of the floodplain of the Snake River so high and so abruptly with no foothills they look almost unreal.
The Tetons are only a few million years old, making them the youngest mountain range in the Rockies. They continue to uplift today in this active tectonic region. The distinctive pinnacle shape of the peaks are the result of glaciation. The small glaciers near the peaks are retreating but remain all year round.
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