We had visited Denali on our 2002 Alaska trip and had had such a good visit that we didn't want its memories over-written. The mountain is notoriously cloud-covered, and the bus ride back to the closest visitor center is seldom rewarded with the sight of any more than its lower slopes. But we got to see the whole mountain, and some animals too, in 2002. For 2025, we just did the drive toward Fairbanks, enjoying some excellent views of the south side of the mountain, and spending the night in the main Denali NP campground.
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Leaving the state fairgrounds, near Anchorage, the alpine views to
the south and east weren't bad |
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| Nice highway views of Denali, many miles away, from the south |
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| Clouds spilling over a distant range |
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| Valley view |
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| Street scene |
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| Beetle-kill in the park was some of the most extensive we've seen |
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| Us before Denali, 2002 |
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| Caribou |
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| Grizzly at a comfortable distance across the meadow |
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| Mama and two moose cubs crossing a lake |
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| Denali as we saw it in 2002 |
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Visitor center chart showing the mountain's
days of visibility that summer |
1 comment:
I was unaware of the beetle kill of so many trees. Sad.
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