2025 Wyoming Roadtrip - Day #5 - Jenny Lake Loop Trail

The Larkins picked us up at the Snow King Resort at 8:15 am. We headed to the grocery store at Dornans. We bought sandwiches for lunch at the Deli.

From there, we headed to the Jenny Lake Visitors Center. The plan for the day was to hike the Jenny Lake Loop Trail. We were on the trail before 9:30 am heading counter clockwise. It was very peaceful for the first hour and a half.

As we got closer to the String Lake trailhead, we started to see more and more people. There were a lot of people on the trail on the west side of lake. When we got to the boat dock on the southwest corner of the lake, the area was a litte overrun with people. People were taking the boat across the lake and then hiking to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point.

We stopped and had lunch about half a mile beyond the boat dock.

I was surprised at the number of people going the other way as we hiked the last two miles around to the Visitor Center. A lot of people seemed inappropriately dressed and didn't seem to be carrying much water.

When we got back to the Visitor Center, we grabbed a couple of beers at the grocery store near the visitor center. We relaxed on a bench outside the store.

In total, we hiked more than eight miles in about four hours and forty-five minutes. It was almost 4 pm by the time the Larkins dropped us off back at the Snow King.


When we got back to the room, it hadn't been cleaned. Sharon harrangued them and someone showed up shortly to clean the room and change the towels.

Sharon and I finished the night with dinner at the Blue Lion. It was a big disappointment. For a starter, we split GNUDI [Housemade ricotta pillows, Parmigiano Reggiano, sage, balsamic, hazelnuts, brown butter]. For entrees, Sharon had TROUT EN PAPILLOTE [Idaho Trout, Sweet Peppers, Fennel and Orange Salad, White Wine], while I had ELK BOLOGNESE [Cavatelli Pasta, San Marzano Tomatoes, Ground Elk, Olive Oil, Parmesan].

Sharon's trout was not good. I ended up giving her most of my bolognese and eating the trout. To top it off, the service was very bad.

We were told during our Yellowstohe tour the next day that the restaurant had recently changed hands and had gone downhill. I don't recommend it...

With an early start planned for Monday, we crashed before 10 pm.