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Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:24:42 -0700

Start of Day 1. I drove my rental car up to Jenny Lake (my ending trailhead four days later) and took a taxi back down to Teton Village to take the tram up to the starting trailhead. The tram goes to the top of Rendevous Mtn at 10,450'. Normally I refuse to cheat by taking a tram, but in this case gaining 4,000' in 15 minutes saved me an entire day of backpacking. Next time, if I have an extra day, I may start at the bottom and come up either Death or Granite Canyon. It's a mass of tourists here at the top, but 95% of them never leave the lookout spot.