Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Denali National Park


This was May 30, 2017, and winter was not through with Denali National Park yet. We spent the day exploring off-trail near the Savage River. We also visited the NPS sled dogs near the visitor center area. 














Cantwell, Alaska



When I visited my brother in Alaska he was living in the tiny town of Cantwell, just outside of Denali National Park. From his place we could walk to the Windy Creek Trail, which is accessed from a lumber road on private property through an easement. 


Jonathan and I explored a freshwater wetland, a wet meadow. Wetlands make up over 43% of Alaska's land surface area, or 130 million acres, which is 63% of the wetlands in the United States.


Alaska is a beautiful and incredibly inhospitable environment.



Sled dogs summer training! 


Moose track with dewclaw