DENALI PARK


We go from Fairbanks to Denali Park on the McKinley Explorer Train
Train follows the Nenana River
Refreshments available on train
Kiki, Bob, Glenn and Dorothy enjoying the view from the Scenadome Car
Dining room on board
The observation car.  At right in red is Kristen King our tour guide
Rounding another curve
Bridge over the Nenana River at Denali Park
Rafters on the Nenana River
This is probably a duplicate
We disembark from the train and spend the night at this resort
Brown bear and cub seen on our nature tour on the park road
Caribou seen from the road
Scenic view of cloud shrouded Mt. McKinley, what a disappointment
Mt.  McKinley seen above the clouds
Heliport on the Nenana River
We all board a helicopter to see the area from the air
Mountain crag
Flying through misting rain
Glacier front edge with ice and ground up mountain from above
Clouds in the Yenart valley
Close up of crevasse in glacier
Ice fall in Yenart Glacier
Mt. Deborah and Yenart Glacier
Ice pack up higher
Melting glacial ice forms water fall
Where the schist hits the fan.  The eroding mountain spills out in a fan pattern
Typical birch forest of Yukon and Alaska.  There are millions of acres just like this, “taiga”, forest over permafrost.
Another enjoyable train ride on the Scenadome car of the McKinley Explorer takes us to Anchorage
Beaver Dam in birch forest
DENALI PARK
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