Cascade Canyon, Grand Teton National Park

Great hike to Lake Solitude and Paintbrush Divide. Difficult, I did the loop coming up Paintbrush Canyon and over the divide, then down Cascade. Took two days but met a group doing it in one. Loop is 22 miles and 4200 elevation change. Had problems with the bears in June, I would have felt much more comfortable with bear spray. Definitely recommend it when hiking here. I had a problem with a bear once before too, but had some that time so not as stressful. Hiked the Tetons 5 times and had encounters three of them.

Completely worth the effort of carrying our one year old and three year old in their Osprey packs up to the Junction. This is a hike that we want to do again! We started near Lupine Meadows and walked around the lake, so round trip was ~12.6 miles. We hiked it mid September and weather and crowds were perfect ♥️