Not a problem at all! :)

Bring a lot of water. I definitely underestimated how much I would need (2 x 1L Nalgenes) and thankfully I had a water purification pump I could pump clean water out of creeks along the way. Wear good hiking boots/shoes. It wasn’t too hot, granted I did this in August. I wore a light jacket and long sport pants along the way and was comfortable.

What blows my mind is how very many people stopped within the first 3-4mi of the trail start to turn around. While I do realize that some people obviously have limitations, it just blew my mind how desolate the trail was, especially towards the end. I love the Tetons for sure, but my favorite park is hands down either Glacier or Arches out in Utah.

You beat me to it! I actually just posted a comment on this post, but the trail itself was ~15mi with a 2500ft elevation gain round trip, but we decided to keep going in another 3mi since it was still early in the day and some people backpacking that came from the direction we were headed told us it was well worth it. Those are stats I just looked up on alltrails really quick, but our hike was roughly 21mi total with the end having a significant elevation change from the rest of the trail. So I’m not entirely sure EXACTLY how much elevation gain.

I snapped this photo on our way to Lake Solitude in Grand Teton National park via the Cascade Canyon Trail. Most people typically stop after the first half of the hike due to the grueling nature of the second half of the hike. Thankfully my buddies and I were well prepared with water filtration as we wouldn’t have made it otherwise to see this landscape! I’m very happy we set out early and did the whole trail (~15mi with a 2500ft elevation gain). Had they not been there, I wouldn’t have made it secondary to the rugged nature and my athletic shape at the time.