South Lei g h L a P et rs n Lake St John Mount H A NGI G...

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22 26/89 191 Moose Junction Gros Ventre Junction i Sunset Lake Snow ndrift Lake Rimrock La ke D Gros Ventre River Taggart Lake Phelps Lake Bradley Lake l BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL ELK REFUGE Granite Canyon Entrance Moose Entrance Buck Mountain Mount Wister Nez Perce South Teton Mount Hunt Blacktail Butte Wilson To Pinedale Death Canyon Trailhead Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Jackson Hole Airport Taggart Lake Trailhead Teton Science Schools Jackson National Fish Hatchery Jackson Hole Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center A N T E LO PE FL A T S Static Peak Prospectors Mountain ALASKA BASIN Snake River JACKSON Gros Ventre NATIONAL FOREST Teton Village SEVEN HEAVILY DEBATED MILES The seven-mile stretch of Moose-Wilson Road betwen the Granite Canyon and Moose entrances of Grand Teton National Park is the most polarizing roadway in the National Park Service. Constructing a path along the same route would link the 42-mile bike loop between Moose, Wilson and Jackson. It would also affect the ecology of the area, as well as carry path users directly through grizzly bear habitat, which was not yet an issue when the path was approved in 2007. contested route Source: NPS STAR-TRIBUNE STAFF GRAPHIC

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    Moose Junction

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    Sunset LakeSnow ndrift

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    TaggartLake

    Phelps Lake

    BradleyLake

    Surprise Lake

    Amphitheater Lake

    HiddenFalls

    Cascade Creek

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    BRIDGER-TETON

    NATIONAL ELK REFUGE

    Jenny Lake Overlook

    Cascade Canyon Turnout

    Snake RiverOverlook

    Granite Canyon Entrance

    MooseEntrance

    TableMountain

    1110 6 ft338 5 m

    Buck Mountain

    Mount Wister

    339 6 mMountSt John

    1143 0 ft348 4 m

    TeewinotMountain1232 5 ft375 6 m

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    Nez Perce

    Cloudveil

    South Teton

    Mount Hunt

    Mount Owen1292 8 ft

    394 0 mGrand Teton

    1377 0 ft419 7 m

    Middle Teton

    Blacktail Butte

    Wilson

    To Pinedale

    DeathCanyonTrailhead

    Laurance S.RockefellerPreserve

    Jackson Hole Airport

    Taggart LakeTrailhead

    Jenny Lake Lodge

    LupineMeadowsTrailhead

    Teton ScienceSchools

    Jackson NationalFish Hatchery

    Jackson Hole Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center

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    Static Peak

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    Jenny LakeV isitor Center

    Teton Village

    SEVEN HEAVILY DEBATED MILESThe seven-mile stretch of Moose-Wilson Road betwen the Granite Canyon and Moose entrances of Grand Teton National Park is the most polarizing roadway in the National Park Service. Constructing a path along the same route would link the 42-mile bike loop between Moose, Wilson and Jackson. It would also a�ect the ecology of the area, as well as carry path users directly through grizzly bear habitat, which was not yet an issue when the path was approved in 2007.

    contested route

    Source: NPS STAR-TRIBUNE STAFF GRAPHIC