What happened to the Tetons?

Stones and boulders crashed hundreds of feet down both sides of the ridge to the Teepe and Teton Glaciers below. “I think it's the most dramatic rockfall,” Horton said of his lifetime in the Tetons. But the extent to which the world-famous skyline was forever altered went unseen initially, perhaps because of weather.



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This active fault-block runs north and south for about 40 miles, where the land that makes up the west block is rising upward (The Teton Range), and the east block is lowering (Jackson Hole Valley). And as these geological forces are still at work today, the mountains of the Teton Range are continuing to grow.

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Bordering Grand Teton National Park and a mere 50 miles from Yellowstone National Park, Teton Village is a recreational paradise. Whether summer or winter, Teton Village Residents enjoy calling this quaint mountain setting home.

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Grand Teton is famous for spectacular mountain scenery and wildlife. Park boundaries include approximately 310,000 acres, 485 square miles.

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A wave of water washed above the lake to Casso and Erto, communities above the reservoir, where the air blast and water destroyed buildings and caused at least 158 fatalities. Five downstream towns were destroyed including Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova, and Fae.

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