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Views ranging from big mountains to awesome wildflowers - Granite Canyon has it all!


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Map Key

8.8

Miles

14.1

KM

Point to Point

8,878' 2,706 m

High

6,396' 1,949 m

Low

2,550' 777 m

Up

67' 20 m

Down

6%

Avg Grade (3°)

24%

Max Grade (13°)

Dogs No Dogs

Features Birding · Fall Colors · Lake · River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Description

This glacier carved trail spans from Moose Wilson Rd at ~6,400' all the way to ~8,900', and terminates at an intersection with Fox Creek Pass. From the trailhead on the road, head past the Teton Village Trail and enter Granite Canyon proper. From the canyon entrance, the trail ascends at a steady rate, passing South Fork Granite Canyon on the left, and Open Canyon on the right.

Granite Canyon follows Granite Creek all the way up to the beautiful alpine Marion Lake, if you take a right on Fox Creek Pass. Many people choose to pitch a tent here, and enjoy a night in the mountains before either returning to their car, or continuing along the Teton Crest Trail on Fox Creek Pass to Death Canyon Shelf.

To make this journey a little more manageable, many visitors will ride the famous Jackson Tram to the top of Rendezvous Mountain, down its namesake trail, and right onto South Fork Granite Canyon to connect to Granite Canyon.

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Tom Robson

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#6

in South

#12036

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#6

in South

#251

in Wyoming

#12,036

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Photos

An elk battle on Granite Canyon.
Jan 14, 2015 near Moose W…, WY
Grand Teton National Park
Jan 14, 2015 near Moose W…, WY
Housetop Mountain from Granite Canyon.
Aug 24, 2020 near Moose W…, WY
The Granite Canyon Trail with permission from Ralph Maughan
Jan 14, 2015 near Moose W…, WY
Going down the back side of Rendezvous mountain into Granite Canyon.  June 2012.
May 10, 2016 near Moose W…, WY
Signage at Granite Canyon Trailhead offers well-marked distances to major locations in the area.
Jan 12, 2017 near Moose W…, WY

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Jul 9, 2020
Matt M
Trail clear of snow until the last mile / final push up to the Crest Trail. Last mile was intermittent snow fields. Spikes and/or poles help a lot!… 8.8mi
Jun 25, 2020
Kenton Smith
Aug 17, 2019
Brandon B
Up to Marion lake then back to camp in upper canyon 12.5mi
Aug 29, 2018
Private User
Jul 22, 2018
Gerry Angelatos
Jul 17, 2018
Gary Gauger
Jul 7, 2018
Karen C.
May 11, 2018
Jaime Brown
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