Denali, aka MT McKinley.


...turns out most Alaskaians use the Athabascan. We stayed in 'Denali' for 4 consecutive days. July 12, 13, 14 and 15. Two ways to see the park. Get on a tour bus for a 9 hour ride thru the north east section and suck it up because you're just another tourist (one of 415 k/yr to be accurate). Or get out and walk. We chose the bus - a campground was recently closed due to a pack of wolves surrounding a tent with a crying baby inside. Plus grizzly bears can smell babies, even silent ones. So we played it safe, Manny safe. To give you an idea of bear densities at Denali: we saw 25 in 4 days, on the same 45 mile stretch of road. I did get out of the bus for two short hikes, leaving family behind (the buses will drop you anywhere and pick you up on the return), one short hike up a mountain at Polychrome pass and one down a stream bed at Little Stony Creek. Once out of view of the road and the sound of heavy bus traffic (5000 bus rides/season) I finally realized where I was and both times I felt dizzy and cold. Earth dizzy and earth cold, like i was standing on the edge of the cosmos.

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