Denali National Park and Preserve
Travel Blogs from Denali National Park and Preserve, United States
Alaska Day 1 - Denali
... ; I can’t speak for Paula, but I would say that she believes this IS a camper…..that this is roughing it. On to Denali National Forest. Boarded the bus to take us 66 miles into the park. In 4 hours. Yes, you heard that ...
Bears & Moose, Here We Come - Day 4
... dog sledding there if you want to see what it is like. After an hour we were on the road again and arrived at Otto Lake Campground near Denali National Park. The rest of the day consisted of setting up camp and settling in. You can have showers ...
Alaska: Sunlight (?!#@!), Santa and Scat
... underwhelmed with Alaska for the first 500 kilometers...the scenery was average, and the weather was cold, wet and dreary. However, after being at Denali National Park (the home of Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America) for the last ...
2 months in AK and about time I wrote an entry
... next couple days. I love hearing updates from all of you as well!! My address here is... Halen Bower P.O. Box 652 Denali National Park, AK 99755 My cellphone also works here...most of the time...reception is kinda sketchy, so if you call me and i ...
Denali Park
The next morning i set off early with about 100 miles to the Denali National Park. I did some more fishing along the way, but did not manage to catch anything. I arrived in the park mid afternoon. There is 17 miles of the road that is open to the ...
Day 4: Denali Park
... see the animals and take pictures. These stops lasted anywhere between 10-30 min. One thing we didn't have the chance to see in Denali, nor anywhere else, was a moose! Can you believe it? Everybody told us we'll be able to see them anywhere, but we ...
Back at Creekside
... , I haven't been in one spot for more than 3 weeks!! so i'm excited to be able to have my own bed, my own blanket, and to have a space to hang up my posters/pictures. I probably won't post in here very often this summer, maybe some photos, but thanks ...
Denali National Park and Preserve
... was fabulous and the sky was clear, so we were optimistic that we would be able to see the "big mountain." Denali National Park and Preserve is nearly 6 million acres and over 9,419 square miles in size, making it the largest national park. Our bus ...
Seeing the Wonders of Denali National Park
Entry into Denali National Park seems to be free for the first 14 miles, up to the Savage River. This made a good morning trip by car and then a bit of a hike along the river. With a bus tour of the park booked for the afternoon, it was back to the ...
Fairbanks to Denali - June 5-11
... up to 53--brrrrr. A good day to spend at the Visitor Center looking at their many informative exhibits and watching the film about Denali. The park staff was very helpful about the ranger-led hikes as well as other hiking trails we might ...
Backcountry Craziness
... Hike and...besides being beyond tired I actually had a blast leading folks down the little trail and talking about the natural and human histories of the park. In fact I loved it. I'll be a Ranger yet...or maybe I'll start gorilla ranger led ...
The Bus and Wandering the Tundra - Day 5
... rafting trip and go out on the bus again. We were in luck and Heidi made it happen for us. After a nourishing meal of potato soup and brownies for dessert (cooked in a dutch oven) we were ready for showers and bed. Tomorrow was going to be Denali Take ...
Denali National Park
Der Denali Nationalpark mit dem Mount McKinley, dem höchsten Berg Nordamerikas, 6'194 ...
Three days in Denali National Park
... a change in our shuttle bus tickets, seeing the Visitor Center/museum, and seeing a sled dog demonstration. Denali uses sled dogs to patrol the park in the winter rather than snow mobiles. Dogs are much better adapted to travel at 30 below ...
Denali
... -Way Inn" there are really no words tod escribe this saloon other than awesome!! drove the rest of the way to Denali checked in at the park office and made our way to our campsite at Savage River. We setup camp made dinner, mac anc cheese with bacon bits ...
Down by the river
... ) of them near our tent but were sound asleep and missed them that up close. Day 2 Denali - we did a 13 hour extended tour into the National Park (85 miles in) on a bus that would stop any time anyone saw something and let us out (if ...
Fairbanks to Denali National Park
Denali National Park is just a three hour drive south on the Parks Highway (completed in 1971 and named after a territorial governor). Prior to this highway construction, you could come to Denali via the Alaska Railroad or the Denali Highway from the ...
Denali National Park
... a minute of riches we were off to Denali. The next day we went on a wilderness tour around 60 miles into the park. It was cold and rainy with little sun shine. Even with the bad weather we did see moose,caribou,wolf's,grizzly bear with cubs,eagles and ...
Kantishna Expedition
... about her throughout the summer so it was neat for her to see this. We did get a quick peak at the northern summit of Denali. Luckily someone else knew what we were looking for or we might have missed it. As always the pictures don't really do the trip ...
land of the midnight sun
... . It's also given me the opportunity to become quite a foosball expert. The guys I work with are insanely good foosball players and have been giving me pointers and practice during the slow periods at work. There is going to be a tournament in August ...
Denali Take 2 - Day 6
... could spend some time in! We left after an hour and headed back to camp to prepare for the next day. We would be up and off along the Denali Highway to Tangle Lakes. It is a dirt road so it was going to be another driving day. The speed limit is 35mph and ...
Denali....Grizzly's, Wolves & Wilderness
... us since 8 hours on a bus you want to count for something, not just beautiful scenery. So we had a fantastic time in Denali National Park and hopefully the pictures show you all just how incredible an experience it was. It was lucky though to see all of ...
Last Stop in Denali
Monday June 29th 2009 Sunrise 3:53 a.m. Sunset 12:25 a.m. Blogging from a a train leaving Denali National Park. Being here in June with 20 hrs of daylight a day, it is very hard to imagine the long dark winters that take up most of the year. Denali was a ...
Bus Ride into Denali National Park
... into the park. We woke up VERY early today. Pooh woke up at 4:30 and me at 4:45. We were out the door at 5:15 and at the Denali Transportation Center at 5:30 where we stood in line for our 6:00 bus. Why so early? Because the early morning is the best ...
Sweet livin' on the Nenana
... a dream. But this summer will be very different from those two past because I am working for a different non-profit, the Denali Education Center and so far I really like the people I am working with and while I am still learning the ropes for the job I ...
Talkeetna to Denali
... which ticket me off - I should be much better than that. After set-up, we deiced to check out what we came for - Denali National Park. It was just 6 miles down the road. We first went to the Visitors Center where we saw this great little film showing off ...
Traveling to Denali
Christina and I left Anchorage this morning and headed north towards Denali National Park. It was about a 5 1/2 hour drive to Healy, AK which is where we are staying in Denali for the next two nights. We didn't take very many pictures today as ...
The Drive to Denali
... and into the higher ground provides for more interesting scenery. There is a good view of Denali Mountain at the South View Point in Denali State Park, although it is still about 30 miles away. And at mile 201 there is a great pull off: the road is ...
