GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK — Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) is celebrating Pi Day, March 14, with some appropriately themed adventure suggestions!
For those who aren’t familiar, Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 because the first three letters of pi are 3.14. Pi is a mathematical constant that’s approximately equal to 3.14159, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.
GTNP encourages recreationists to think about hiking pi thousand feet (3,140 feet), about 23% of Grand Teton’s total elevation!
“And if you happen to enjoy a slice of pie at the top of your trek… well, that’s just good math!” GTNP writes in a Facebook post.
Visitors to the Park can also start at the Taggart Lake parking lot and snowshoe to Taggart Lake and back, or ski to Teton Glacier turnout and back, which equates to 3.14 miles roundtrip. This is also the last chance to recreate on the groomed Teton Park Road before spring snow removal operations begin, GTNP reminds everyone.
Another reminder is to never feed wildlife, whether it be pie or any other type of treat.
“As much as a bear would probably love some huckleberry pie after a long winter hibernation, anyway you slice it, it’s never OK to feed wildlife, for their safety and yours,” GTNP writes.
