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Grand Teton National Park

Death Canyon Trail

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A stream rushes down a mountain canyon surrounded by vegetation and wildflowers.
Hike into Death Canyon for views of rocky mountain peaks and Phelps Lake. Photo: NPS Photo/A. Falgoust
Length about 7.8 miles as mapped by NPS
Surface Earth
Open to Hiking
Route One way (out and back doubles it)
High point about 9,560 ft
Low point about 6,690 ft
Up and down (one way) about 2,840 ft up, 80 ft down

Death Canyon Trail is a trail in Grand Teton National Park.

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Facts on this page draw on the National Park Service: Death Canyon - Static Peak Divide Junction (nps.gov)

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