A wintering-over spot for much wildlife, Grand Teton National Park is absolutely teeming with moose, elk, coyote, bison and trumpeter swans right now. Glorious mountain bluebirds are just now returning to the park, looking for nesting sites. Their vivid blue, darting over snow-covered sagebrush, is a gorgeous sight.
Thousands of elk nap and browse in the valley of Jackson Hole at the base of the stunning, jagged Tetons.


The Tetons formed with the Teton fault separated two land blocks, one block dropping (becoming Jackson Hole) and the other rising abruptly (becoming the Teton Range), which soars more than 7000' above Jackson Hole. This happened recently, geologically speaking, only five million or so years ago, so the Tetons are startlingly jagged and unweathered, a gorgeous collection of crags, glaciers and steep valleys.

They are an amazing sight, partly because there are no foothills leading to their base. They rise steeply out of the sagebrush-covered land before them.