Grand Teton National Park surpassed its record for visitation in a full year during September, three-fourths of the way through the year.
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WYOMING – Grand Teton National Park surpassed its record for visitation in a full year during September, three-fourths of the way through the year.
Park officials hosted 3,493,937 recreation visits from January to September, leapfrogging the previous record of 3,491,151 in 2018.
Of the nine full months into 2021, six of them have established new visitation records for the park. That includes July 2021, which was the busiest month the park has ever recorded. Park officials have also measured increased trail use, up 29 percent from 2019 and 49 percent from 2017.
“We are seeing changing patterns and behavior including more people in the backcountry and more visitors in the ‘shoulder season.’ The park is studying changing visitation to gain a more detailed understanding of existing conditions and learning what issues may threaten a quality visitor experience,” Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Chip Jenkins said. “We are also learning from other parks, seeing what solutions are being tried and what issues they are solving. The visitor experience is a resource, just like moose or clean air, and it’s something we are actively working to preserve and protect.”
