Polecat Creek Loop Trail

Grand Teton National Park is just one national preserve visitors can see in Wyoming. Grand Teton National Park is located near Jackson and close to Yellowstone. Polecat Creek Loop Trail is one trail that hikers can take in the national park, which begins at Flagg Ranch. Flagg Ranch is located on John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway. The trail will take hikers up into the marshy meadows near Polecat Creek before looping into lodgepole pine and subalpine fir forests. It also moves through Englemann Spruce Forest. There is a connection trail at Flagg Canyon, which takes hikers up a volcanic canyon along the Snake River.

Polecat Creek is a loop, so the Flagg Canyon Trail can add just a little more walking to the experience. The length of just the loop is 2.3 miles with an elevation gain of 100 feet. This makes the trail very easy at most sections, with just a few inclines to get over. Depending on the hiker Polecat Creek Loop Trail can be done in an hour. The hike is best completed in spring to summer when the temperatures are warmer, though afternoon showers can interfere with a pleasant hike.