Denali Tundra
Trailless meander at the feet of Denali’s glaciers. Fauna was abundant and massive. A dozen grizzlies, many with cubs, two terrifying encounters. We circled a wolf preserve, observed a caribou herd, and found new ways for water to seep into absolutely everything.
While planning with park rangers, I was surprised to learn that no other people would be permitted to visit a one hundred square mile area while we explored it - and none were expected in the neighboring zones throughout our trip. Denali National Park is vast and isolating.
We were lucky to get a brief glimpse of the Denali summit through the clouds, 15,000ft above our route through the soggy tundra.
These pictures were taken around the clock. At this latitude, just days past the summer solstice, the sun only dips behind mountains briefly in the dead of night.
