Jenny Lake was one of the most popular attraction at Grand Teton National Park. Jenny Lake has a large visitor center with shops. There are also several outdoor activities such as boat ride, kayak rentals, hiking trails, and bike rides. Although there is a huge parking lot at Jenny Lake, the parking lot gets full very fast in the morning. This place is always very crowded.
We got to Jenny Lake early in the morning around 7AM and thus we were able to secure our parking space easily. We wanted to do the hike around the entire Jenny Lake. When we started hiking, we passed by the boat dock that takes people to the other side of the lake. People riding the boat were still required to wear mask on the boat.
After we hiked for about 1.5 miles, we saw a separate trail that goes to Moose Pond. We were thinking that we may be able to spot moose there. Unfortunately we did not see any moose there. We were also the only people there and we were scared that we may run into bears.
We then hiked 3 more miles to Hidden Falls, which is a popular attraction at Jenny Lake. There was a lot of people here taking photos. Many people came here by riding the boat across the lake. Then the hiking portion would be much shorter.
After visiting Hidden Falls, we went upwards to Inspiration Point. The hike has some elevation gains but not difficult. There is a short portion of the trail that require you to walk on rocky surface with vertical drop on one side. It could be intimidating for some people. Just make sure to go slow and it will be fine. From Inspiration Point, it has a great view of the entire Jenny Lake. However, we did not thinking the view was that great. It was just a view of a lake but no mountain on the far side. We had higher expectation than this.
When we were at Inspiration Point, we were thinking whether we should go through Cascade Canyon. But then we did not prepare for this and then hike was quite long. Thus we decided to turn back and finish our Jenny Lake hike first.
The sun was high in the sky and it was getting quite hot. When we finished the Jenny Lake hike, it was 2 hours later. The total hike around the lake was about 7.5 miles long with limited elevation gain. Although it was a good hike, but the water was really hot. We were thinking that we should have started earlier.
As we get back to the Jenny Lake Visitor Center. we saw a Black Labrador. It was only 7 months old but it was already so big! It was a beautiful dog.
When we were leaving Jenny Lake at the parking lot, there were 2 cars fighting for our spot. The passenger of one of the car came down and used her body to secure the spot. It was crazy. It was our first time seeing people using their body to secure the parking spot.
Overall, Jenny Lake is a very family friendly attraction. It has everything needed for people to enjoy the lake. If you want to hike the Jenny Lake trail, bear spray may not be need since the trail is always quite crowded.
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