Glacier/Grand Teton/Yellowstone NPs - what to do?

[alesis]

Hey guys-
Visiting the NPs listed in July, and I'm wondering what are "must do" in the parks and surrounding areas.
Kids are 6,10 and 12 and love hikin and scenic spots as well as the usual tourist traps. Any help is appreciated!

[Veebyes]

A stop at any visitor center will yield huge numbers of brochures that required many trees to produce full of things to do that will transfer funds from your account to theirs. The higher the cost, the more likely the kids will enjoy the activity.

Views based on actual experience.

[profdant139]

If your six year old is a good hiker, the Imperial Geyser Basin is wonderful --your own private geysers! Check out this blog post and search down for Imperial:

Yellowstone and Tetons blog post -- lots of photos

[Two_Jayhawks]

In West Yellowstone there is a really cool wolf & grizzly sanctuary that the kids would love.

[rexlion]

I really liked the hike to Avalanche Lake in Glacier. You can rent a canoe at Apgar and paddle around Lake MacDonald, and have an ice cream cone afterward.

[dodge_guy]

I came across an article somewhere on "the Topo 10 things to do in Yellowstone". I can't find it now but a couple of the things were a covered wagon ride/dinner, Yellowstone lake tour, and a horseback ride. Glacier has a lot of nice hikes to lakes and waterfalls.

[Ed_C]

Get up early; pack a lunch and stay out late. Other than the thermals, wildlife and scenery you don't need any more. We do like to have lunch in all the "Lodges", but make sure you have lunch with you because you will probably get too involved to get to a lodge.

[1320Fastback]

We're staying in the Tetons right now at Colter Bay and will be for another week. Our plans are to take a scenic float down the Snake River, do some hiking around Jackson, boat tour of Jackson Lake and possibly rent canoes and do some shore line exploring of our own.

Yellowstone is a multi day tour if you wish to see it all. You will spend one entire day on the west side of the park going from Moose Falls at the Souther entry to Mammoth Hot Springs at the northern end. Old Faithful will take around 4 hours to see incuding walking the miles of plank paths, visiting the Lodge and watching Old Faithful herself. The East side doesn't have as many features to look at but make sure to stop by and hike to Upper and Lower Falls.