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| Hidden Falls. Grand Teton National Park |
Hidden Falls is easily the best waterfall in Grand Teton
National Park. The falls are located on
the western side of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The
shortest route to the falls is to hike around the southern part of Jenny Lake
on the Jenny Lake trail. You can expect to see a wide variety of wildlife on
the trail. We saw chipmunks, a coyote, several red-bellied marmots and a wide
variety of colorful birds I couldn’t name. The falls are listed at around 100 feet tall, but the cascades go on for miles and the sheer volume of water on the river tops anything you'll find outside of Yellowstone.
A recent landslide wiped out the lower part of Jenny Lake trail that leads to the falls, so a new trail
had to be cut into the side of the mountain. To bypass the landslide, the new
trail adds a significant amount of elevation gain to the hike. However, the new trail also offers a birds eye
view of the Lake. Most descriptions online put the hike at about
6 miles total roundtrip. We finished the hike in a little under 3 hours. You
can shave 2 miles off the hike by taking the ferry across Jenny Lake.
