[1][2][3] Backpacker Magazine calls the Trail one of the "Best Hikes Ever," with "mesmerizing and constant views of jagged peaks.

From inside the National Park, the Granite Canyon Trail provides a gradual ascent into the Range, where it connects with the TCT.

The Trail is most easily accessed by riding the Jackson Hole Aerial Tram, which transports sightseers and hikers from the Teton Village Resort to the top of Rendezvous Mountain.

The trail also traverses the high alpine meadows of Alaska Basin in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest.

From Hurricane Pass, the trail provides easy access to Schoolroom Glacier, and parallels the west side of major peaks of the Cathedral Group as it follows the North and South forks of the Cascade Creek.