We spent eight days at Denali National Park. 

The mountains, the rivers, the forests, the tundra and the animals were all magnificent. We spent the first few days near the entrance of the park and then ventured into the back country. We stayed in some wonderful campgrounds and took some memorable hikes. 

Needless to say, we took a lot of pictures, so we will sharing the photos in two blog posts.

Moose

There had been a heavy snow the week before we arrived, so, for the first few days in Denali, everything was still covered.

The Alaska Mountain Range

The Alaska Mountain Range, with Denali in the distance.

Glaucous-winged Gull. 

Gulls were common along our travels, which seemed odd until we considered how close we were to the sea and how common it is for gulls to follow rivers inland.

Dall Sheep high on a mountainside above us.

Moose

Pasqueflower

Trumpeter Swans on Horseshoe Lake.

The Denali Star. 

We have also posted a small video of this train on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRTwzihL7_0

Male Willow Ptarmigan 

Campfire 

Teklanika River

Sweetflower Rock Jasmine

East Fork of the Toklat River

Denali 

More of the Alaska Range

Dennis on the trail above the East Fork

The Trail on the East Fork

Female Willow Ptarmigan

The East Fork of the Toklat

Snowshoe Hare

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Igloo Creek