Denali National Park and Preserve Tundra Wilderness Tour 05-28-2012
Denali National Park & Preserve is a six million acre national park 250 miles north of Anchorage Alaska, deep the heart of Alaskan wilderness. My Denali Tundra Wilderness tour took me 53 miles into the park on a terrific 8+ hour adventure. There is plenty of daylight to work with up there and I highly recommend this trip if you ever get to Denali.
How fortunate I am. Not only did I get to visit the great state of Alaska, Denali National Park and Preserve and observe wild animals in their natural surroundings but, as a bonus... my tour guide and host for the day was Bruce Lee. Bruce is the 1998 Yukon Quest sled dog Champion. The Yukon Quest is an annual sled dog race which runs between Whitehorse, Yukon and Fairbanks, Alaska. The race is approximately 1,600 km (1,000 miles) long. Bruce is now retired from racing but still active in dog sledding. He is breeding Alaskan sled dogs, working as an analyst for the Iditarod Insider covering the annual Iditarod sled dog race and thankfully for us, in the warm months he is working with the National Park Service.
Bruce provided the best tour narration I've ever experienced. It was a straight to the point, fact filled, no frills commentary on the nature of Alaska and it's wildlife. You could tell he has a real love for the wildlife. Thank you Bruce for a very memorable trip. Wildlife observed: Moose, Caribou, Grizzly Bear, Red Tail Fox, Grey Wolf, Dall Sheep, Ground Squirrel, Willow Ptarmigan
Mount McKinley, or Denali The High One is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,320 feet. Measured by topographic prominence (mountain top to surrounding land base), it is the third most prominent peak in the world after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. It is the centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve.
Below are links for Denali National Park and Preserve, a couple of videos of Bruce Lee the 1998 Yukon Quest Champion doing his Iditarod analyst job and a Wikipedia article about the Yukon Quest dog sled race.
This was truly a trip for me to remember...
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Visiting Denali National Park and Preserve, National park in Alaska, United States
Denali /dɨˈnaːli/ (also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name)[6] is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190.5 m) above sea level. At some 18,000 ft (5,500 m), the base-to-peak rise is the largest of any mountain situated entirely above sea level.[7] With a topographic prominence of 20,156 feet (6,144 m) and a topographic isolation of 4,629 miles (7,450 km), Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. Located in the Alaska Range in the interior of the U.S. state of Alaska, Denali is the centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve. For more info, visit this link:
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Top 10 Things to Know When Visiting Denali National Park
Denali National Park: This is a wonderful place to visit where the mountains are unlike anywhere else. It has the tallest peak in the USA, often shrouded by clouds. The wildlife is plentiful. These are the important tips to plan and enjoy your visit to Denali National Park.
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Denali Tundra Wilderness Tour - Stop 1
Denali National Park and Preserve
This Denali National Park and Preserve video explores the history, general geology, and aspects of mammalian biology (moose, caribou, Alaskan brown bear, porcupine, and Arctic ground squirrel) of this famous national treasure in the US's largest and farthest-north state.
Denali Wilderness Tour
Rest stop with incredible views. The buses travel together making for some scary passes on the narrow road.
The Alaskan Adventure: 5 days in Denali National Park and Preserve
Travel Tales: The idiot's guide to Denali National Park, Alaska
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Travel Tales: The idiot's guide to Denali National Park, Alaska
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Find out more about the Denali National Park and the Denali Visitor Center, located at mile 1.5 on the Park Road. It is the main source of visitor information and inspiration in the summer.
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20150708: Day 31, Denali Shuttle Tour
20150708: Denali Shuttle Bus Tour
Exploring Denali National Park via a Denali Shuttle Bus
The 8th of July 2015, a Wednesday, was our 31st travel day. This video is part 3 of 3, covering our Shuttle Bus Tour of Denali Park on the 8th of July, 2015.
After dropping off the pups at the Tonglen Lake Kennel on the 7th of July, we were on the road early on the 8th of July arriving at the Wilderness Access Center around 07:30 AM. We boarded the tour bus and were on our way into the park shortly after 9:00 AM. The tour lasted for over 8 hours, the weather was mixed from overcast to rain...with a bit of smoke in the air from fires still raging near Fairbanks.
The video covers highlights of the tour, including both video and photographic segments. Of special note: we've included views from Eielson Visitor Center (66 Mile Point) from 3 different days; 6, 7, and 8 July 2015 so that you may get an idea of what to expect. Denali is only visible about 20% of the time! During our tour on the 8th of July, we were NOT able to see Denali. The folks on the 7th of July tour were lucky to see the road beneath them due to the smoke. However...on the 6th of July Denali revealed herself! Too bad we couldn't have booked our trip on the 6th!
Upon returning to the Wilderness Access Center we headed for the Tonglen kennels to retrieve our pups...which enjoyed a bath and a bit of grooming during their stay. We also visited the Tonglen Cafe...picking up a plate of gourmet food for dinner that night...which included reindeer sausage.
These are the YouTube videos we've posted regarding the Denali segment of our Alaskan road trip:
Part 1: 20150706: Fairbanks to Denali.
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Part 2: 20150706-07: Denali Park Road, Tonglen Lake, Denali Village Boardwalk
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Part 3: 20150708: Denali Shuttle Bus Tour
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Alaska Mt. McKinley Flightseeing Denali National Park Waypoint Tours Intro
Alaska Mt. McKinley Flightseeing Denali National Park Waypoint Tours Intro
Denali National Park Alaska
We booked a trip with Alaska Denali Travel for our journey to Denali National Park in Alaska. This allowed us to stay at the Denali Backcountry Lodge, located at the very end of the Denali Park Road in Kantishna Alaska, famous from the Alaskan gold rush. Join us on this fantastic adventure full of beautiful scenery and wildlife sightings, including Grizzly, Moose, Caribou, and Dall Sheep! sightings!
Scenic Shuttle Ride in Alaska's Denali National Park
The shuttle driver stopped often on the Park Road for wildlife viewing, photo ops, rest stops and to pick up hikers. The building at the start of the video is the Wilderness Access Center in Denali National Park where shuttle tickets are sold and the shuttles are boarded. The Park Ranger who boarded the shuttle at Mile 14 is about as enthusiastic a Park Ranger as I've ever seen. Clearly loves her job!
The Toklat River at Mile 53 is the final stop for the Toklat shuttle. The Eielson Visitor Center is located at Mile 66 and may be reached by the Eielsen shuttle, which didn't start running this year until June 1. My ride to Toklat was on May 31, 2017. The round trip to Toklat took 6 hours. The round trip to Eielsen by shuttle takes 9 hours. Private vehicles aren't allowed on the Denali Park Road beyond Mile 14.
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National Park Week is April 21-29, 2012. Picture yourself at Denali National Park and Preserve!
The Caribou Migration North | Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Gates of the Arctic Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, it is 7,245,600-acre (2,932,200 ha) in area, the third-largest designated wilderness area in the United States (after the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness and the Mollie Beattie Wilderness, both also in Alaska).
When the wilderness activist, Bob Marshall, for whom Bob Marshall Wilderness in Western Montana is named explored the region in the early 1930s he bestowed the name The Gates of the Arctic on a pair of mountains near the head of the North Fork of the Koyukuk River (Boreal Mountain and Frigid Crags).
The wilderness is home to many animals, including grizzly bears, moose, wolves, Dall sheep, black bears, and many smaller mammals. Barren-ground caribou congregate in large herds. The rivers contain a variety of fish species, including the grayling, Arctic char and chum salmon. Eagles and other birds of prey can be seen soaring overhead waiting for unsuspecting prey.
The wilderness contains many remote glacier-carved valleys, dotted with alpine lakes. While no established trails exist, backpacking is a popular activity in the area. Some hikers carry firearms or pepper spray for protection from bears, but such attacks rarely occur. Climbers enjoy the Arrigetch Peaks and Mount Igikpak. Although camping is unrestricted, wood is scarce and campfires are discouraged.
The wilderness encompasses six designated Wild Rivers, the Alatna River, John River, Kobuk River, the North Fork of the Koyukuk River, part of the Noatak River and the remote and seldom visited Tinayguk River.
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Alaska,Denali National Park and other scenic spots
Denali is another great national park.
Here is wilderness with tundra, temperate forests, lakes, snow clad hills and of course Mount Kckinley, the highest peak in North America. I had been lucky enough to catch a few seconds of it before it hid underneath the thick clouds.
It is very expensive to go to Alaska. I am glad to join a low-cost tour and save money by staying in tents for more than 20 days.
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