DENALI

Mt. Denali

We arrived in Denali in the late afternoon on July 8'  We went to Healy, Ak to view the bus that was in the movie "Into The Wild" which was based upon a journal of a young man who hitchhiked into Alaska and got trapped in the wild and eventually died.  The bus was a replica of the one that the young man was found dead in after eating poison berries.  I won't get into the entire story but you can get the movie on Netflex.

Afterwards we went to the Wilderness Activity Center to pick up our tickets for the 12 hour bus trip 92 miles into the park, an almost 200 mile ride. We got up at 5:30 the next morning to get to the WAC at 7 am.  The morning started out overcast and windy due to  a big rain storm with thunder and lightning the night before.  The day began to clear and we got some beautiful views of Mt Denali.

Denali

  They say that only 30% of the people that come to Denali get a clear view of the Mountain.  The pictures do not do it justice!  The tour provided a box lunch along with snacks and drinks as well as stops along the way for sightseeing and wildlife viewing.  We saw Caribou, Dahl sheep, a Grizzly a bull moose and a moose with 2 calves.

Caribou

Grizzly

Dahl Sheep

Bull Moose