Denali National Park

Denali National Park is over 6,000,000 acres ( it's larger than several states including New Hampshire, Massachusttes, New Jersey, etc.) and home to the highest peak on the North Amercan continent. Denali, also known as Mt. McKinley, is 20,310' in elevation. This park is also home to wide array of northern wildlife...

They say the top of Denali is only visible about 30% of the time, it's high enough into the atmosphere to create it's own weather systems.

That's Mt. Foraker in the background to the left along with some of the other jagged peaks in the Alaska Range. Mt. Foraker is the second tallest peak in the park at 17,400'.

This far north the treeline is at about 3,500' versus roughly 11,500' in the San Juans. This photo, in the alpine tundra, was taken ay just a little over 4,000'.

Lapland Rosebay, one of the tundra flowers in Denali above treeline.

This cow moose and her little calf came right into the campground. A mother moose with a baby is the most dangerous animal in the park, even more so than the grizzlies. Needless to say I kept my distance and didn't stay long!

Like all baby animals, this little guy was super cute and always sticking close to mom.

One of the big papas in the park.

And here's the least fearful of all the wildlife, the arctic squirrels.

Quite a few caribou in the park as well.

And way up high on the jagged peaks were some Dall Sheep, another iconic animal in Alaska.

And of course, a little shameless self promotion.