We spent three nights in Denali National Park - wow it's just unbelievable! On Sunday we watched a sled dog presentation and got to meet all the dogs. Thirty-one Dogs are maintained here and used during the winter months for transportation of rangers and supplies. No motorized vehicles (snowmobiles) are allowed in order to keep the park as pure as possible.
Monday we took a shuttle bus on the 12 hour tour of the 91 mile long park road that ended at Katinisha, an old gold mining town. No unauthorized vehicle traffic is allowed, only the park tour buses and maintenance and other work vehicles. We enjoyed this long ride and got to see some unbelievable scenery as well as five Grizzly Bears, Moose, Caribou, and a couple of Golden Eagles. We did not see any of these close up and the pics are on extreme zoom and not real good quality, but it's what we got.
Hikers, backpackers, can go most anywhere they wish into the park with a wilderness permit. Camper shuttle busses will take you and pick you up along the 91 miles road.
Mount Mckinley at 20,320 ft. is the highest mountain on the hemisphere. We were told that on the day we there, there were 1200 climbers in various stages of the climb to the top. The entire climb takes 40 days and the success rate is about 60%. We were fortunate that the mountain was "out" when we visited, as clouds obscure the view 2 out of 3 days.
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| Alaskan huskies |
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| Mount McKinley |
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| Caribou |
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Grizzly
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It rained all day Tuesday from 8:00 A.M. until a short break around 4:00 when we ventured out and paid a short visit to the science museum which closed at 5:00, then we drove the first 13 miles on the park road that does allow vehicles.
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