The Tetons

The Teton Range is a section of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It extends for approximately 40 miles (64 km) in a north–south direction through the U.S. state of Wyoming, east of the Idaho state line. It is south of Yellowstone National Park, and most of the east side of the range is within Grand Teton National Park. We only passed by on our way south to Canyonlands.

One theory says the early French voyageurs named the range les trois tétons ("the three nipples") after the breast-like shapes of its peaks. Another theory says the range is named for the Teton Sioux (from Thítȟuŋwaŋ), also known as the Lakota people. It is likely that the local Shoshone people once called the whole range Teewinot, meaning "many pinnacles". The Tetons and Jackson Hole have been the setting for a number of films, includingJohn Wayne's film acting debut in The Big Trail in 1930 and the western film classic Shane in 1953.