Teton Canyon to Phelps Lake via Alaska Basin Trail
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 17.5 miles. 4,173 ft. elevation gain. Date hiked: July 24, 2025 Grand Teton National Park is a beautiful place to be, especially during peak flower season. Five star rating on this hike. Leti has been dreaming of this through hike for years. The stars aligned. We found willing shuttle drivers. And viola! The dreamed of hike was a reality. Our shuttle drivers, Ray and Vicky Wetzel, were the perfect shuttle service. They dropped us off at the trailhead a little after 8 with a funny joke about us never seeing each other again. And, about 8.5 hours later, we were reunited. The beginning of this hike was stunning. Literal fields of wildflowers, all in bloom. There were not a lot of people on this hike, and there were no bear sightings, which we were both grateful for. It is hard to capture the beauty of the wildflowers. So, just imagine from the pictures below lots of wild flowers in bloom. The wild flowers, as mentioned, were just amazing. I recognized all of th...