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JUNE 27-29, 2007:
MT. McKINLEY / DENALI NATIONAL PARK
I spent three very enjoyable days at the McKinley Princess Wildreness Lodge.
There are two McKinley view points off the Parks Highway, South and North views.
It was about a one hundred mile drive to Denali National Park from the Princess Lodge.
Most of the park is off limits to private vehicles. The public road ends at Savage River.
Savage River is a beautiful area. I spent a couple hours hiking all around the river.
This dall ram walked right up to me like we were pals.
I probably over photographed this area, but the weather and scenery were perfect.
Denali National Park and Preserve is 6 million acres large. It is larger than the State of Massachusetts.
After eating lunch in the small village outside the park entrance I drove the 100 miles back to the lodge.
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17 minute movie of Denali National Park mainly of the Savage River area. Click on the links to play video. |
There was literally not a cloud in the sky on Friday when I flew to Mount McKinley with K2 Aviation.
Mount McKinley's south Peak is North America's highest at 20,320 feet. The north peak is 19,470 feet.
Days this clear around McKinley in the summer time are very few and far between.
Denali, the "High One," is the name Athabascan native people gave the massive
peak (Mount McKinley) that crowns the 600 mile long Alaska range.
We were flying in a single engine otter.
I have taken many flightseeing flights in a lot of different places, this one was really special.
Our plane equipped with skis landed at the Sheldon Amphitheater under Mt. McKinley
There were three planes on the glacier when we landed, but they soon left leaving the quiet mountain to us.
The mountains surrounding the Don Sheldon Amphitheater were beautiful.
In the picture on the lower right you can see Don Sheldon's outhouse.
Don Sheldon, pioneering bush pilot, built the 'Mountain House' in the early spring of 1966.
We spent about thirty minutes on the glacier before flying back to Talkeetna.
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30 minute movie of scenic flight around Mount McKinley and glacier landing at Sheldon Amphitheater. Click on the links to play video. |
Click HERE to continue to my last adventure of the trip, TALKEETNA, ALASKA.
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