Horsehoe Lake, Denali Park Alaska, USA Photo by Barry Epstein
Bull Moose Denali Park Alaska, USA Photo by Barry Epstein
Old Truck, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Photo by Barry Epstein
fitted with skis deep into the Alaska Mountain Range where Mount McKinley is and we then landed on a glacier 8,000 feet high. This was the base camp for climbers that take around three weeks to walk up the remaining 12,000 feet to get to the summit.
From Talkeetna, it was only two hours on the George Parks Highway due North to the entrance of Denali Park. We pulled over on the side of the road so many times to take in the mountain views that were mixed with autumn colors that we had not seen until then. The leaves were absolutely engaging and they seemed to get even more impressive each day.
We were able to drive about 15 miles into Denali Park but private vehicles are restricted beyond that point. The next day we boarded a tour bus that drove 89 miles deep into the park to the very end at Kantishna where we were fortunate to see and photograph Mount McKinley, 10 grizzlies, countless moose, caribou, Dall sheep and more. It seemed like each turn of the road revealed a stunning scene that was better than the last. I had done this trip so many years ago as one of the first visitors when this bus tour commenced. I had taken this tour bus on the first year it was operational back when I attended university and I understand that there were around 200 tourists that did so
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