National park · 25 of 131 trails

The easiest hikes in Grand Teton National Park, by the numbers

Of the 131 trails in Grand Teton National Park in our dataset, 35 (27 percent) rate easiest on the gain-and-distance scale we use, run 1 to 6 miles and climb 500 ft or less; these are the 25 with the lowest rating.

River Trail has the lowest rating: 0 ft of gain over 2.3 miles, essentially flat.

Across the 25, gain runs from 0 to 442 ft and distance from 1 mile to 3.1 miles; the median gain is 89 ft and the median distance 1.4 miles.

18 of the 25 are point-to-point routes; the rest are loop (2).

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#	Trail	Miles	Gain (ft)	Ft per mile	Max grade	Elevation (ft)	Rating
1	River Trail	2.3	0	0	2%	6,334 to 6,382	0
2	Hermitage Point Trail	1.4	21	15	4%	6,802 to 6,852	7.7
3	Second Creek TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	2.2	15	7	1%	6,807 to 6,855	8.1
4	Spring GulchNorthwestern Wyoming	1.2	48	40	2%	6,324 to 6,371	10.7
5	Colter Bay Horse Trail	1.2	53	44	10%	6,818 to 6,884	11.3
6	Hermitage Point Trail	1.3	52	40	12%	6,800 to 6,887	11.6
7	Jackson Lake Overlook TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	1.2	82	68	7%	6,785 to 6,847	14
8	Old Bear Paw Rd Trail	1.2	82	68	8%	6,408 to 6,523	14
9	Spur TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	1.6	72	45	4%	6,649 to 6,716	15.2
10	Hermitage Point Trail	3.1	51	16	8%	6,819 to 6,898	17.8
11	Lunchtree Hill Loop Trail	2.8	58	21	11%	6,785 to 6,890	18
12	Jenny Lake Lodge	2	89	45	10%	6,786 to 6,911	18.9
13	Granite Canyon Trail	1.3	151	116	10%	6,341 to 6,492	19.8
14	Lakeshore TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	2.3	89	39	4%	6,781 to 6,822	20.2
15	Boulder Ridge TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	1.2	217	181	18%	6,631 to 6,815	22.8
16	Phelps Lake TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	1.5	175	117	17%	6,637 to 6,790	22.9
17	Bug Canyon Trail	1	278	278	20%	6,931 to 7,178	23.6
18	Emma Matilda Loop Trail	1.1	271	246	20%	6,738 to 7,009	24.4
19	Lake Creek TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	1.9	162	85	15%	6,539 to 6,668	24.8
20	Kaufmann Creek Trail	1.8	198	110	13%	6,425 to 6,623	26.7
21	Open Canyon CutoffNorthwestern Wyoming	1.3	357	275	24%	7,056 to 7,413	30.5
22	String Lake Loop Trail	1.3	383	295	26%	6,801 to 7,127	31.6
23	Teton Village TrailNorthwestern Wyoming	1.9	294	155	20%	6,453 to 6,672	33.4
24	Phelps Lake Loop Trail	1.8	317	176	18%	6,491 to 6,808	33.8
25	Phelps Lake Loop Trail	1.3	442	340	39%	6,631 to 7,073	33.9

How this list is ranked

Rating = the square root of 2 x elevation gain (ft) x distance (miles), the gain-and-distance formula Shenandoah National Park publishes for its own trails. Bands: under 50 easiest, 50 to 100 moderate, 100 to 150 moderately strenuous, 150 to 200 strenuous, 200 and over very strenuous.

This list: band easiest (under 50), 1 to 6 miles, no more than 500 ft of gain, ordered by rating asc, miles asc, capped at 25. The rating column is computed from the miles and gain printed in the same row, the numbers each trail page uses, so every row can be checked from the row itself. The rating says nothing about exposure, scrambling, altitude or conditions.

Only trails with a full page count, so "Grand Teton National Park" here means the 131 trails in Grand Teton National Park in our dataset, not every trail in Grand Teton National Park.

Each trail page shows the full elevation profile behind these numbers and the same data drawn as a topographic print, made to order. Start with River Trail.

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