Denali Photos Gallery - Denali Guidebook

Collared Pika with leaf

Collared Pika eating a leaf in rocks below the road on Polychrome Pass. Denali National Park, Alaska.

View from Polychrome Pass

View from Polychrome Pass toward the Alaska Range in Denali National Park, Alaska. Image made below the park road.

View from Polychrome Pass

View from Polychrome Pass toward the Alaska Range in Denali National Park, Alaska. Image from below the park road.

August Snow on Sable Pass

August snow on Sable Pass in August, Denali National Park, Alaska. Sign in the foreground is bear-proofed with spikes. Snow melted within the day.

Photographer and Polychrome Pass

Photographer and Polychrome Pass. The name comes from the colorful ciffs along the park road in the background on right. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Northern Lights

Northern lights viewed from Teklanika Campground in Denali National Park, Alaska on August 30, at 2 AM.

Teklanika Campground

Teklanika Campground viewed from a nearby hill. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Dwarf Fireweed flowers

Dwarf fireweed flowers in early July, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Bushwhacking in Denali

Bushwhacking in Denali through a stretch of willow brush in Polychrome Basin, Denali National Park, Alaska. Hikes 19, 22, 23, and 26.

Mt McKinley and Wonder Lake

Mt. McKinley and Wonder Lake in the evening viewed from Blueberry Hill area, Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 60

Black Wolf in Denali

Black wolf in Denali. Photographed from bus in Stony Creek area, 2006. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker and Mt McKinley

Hiker and Mt McKinley in the fall from Backcountry Unit 14 in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Alaska Range in Evening

Alaska Range in evening light viewed from Wonder Lake area, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiking in Deali

Hiking in the Stony area of Denai National Park, Alaska. Hike 39.

Bluebells

Bluebells or Chiming Bells in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Bear Flower or Richardson’s Saxifrage

Bear Flower or Richarson’s Saxifrage. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hoary Marmot

Hoary Marmot Denali National Park, Alaska.

Wooly Lousewort

Wooly Lousewort in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Dall sheep rams

Dall sheep rams on Primrose Ridge, Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 8.

Dall sheep ram and photographer

Photographing Dall sheep rams on Primrose Ridge, Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 8.

Tent and Mountains

Fall time campsite in the upper Teklanika River drainage in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 14.

Wonder Lake and Base of Mount McKinley

Morning mist rises above Wonder Lake with a view of Mount McKinley’s base in the distance. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker in Denali

Hiker begins fall hike to Primrose Ridge in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 8.

Northern Lights and Tent

Northern Lights and tent at Wonder Lake Campground in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker in Polychrome area

Hiker (author’s Mom) on a picnic hike in the Polychrome area of Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 23.

Backpacker in Denali

Backpacking on ridge west of Wonder Lake in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 57.

Hiker in brush

Author’s mom in waist-high brush during a picnic hike in Highway Pass, Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 35.

Foggy day at Eielson

Mt McKinley is visible only in an interpretative display on a foggy day at Eielson Visitor Center, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Fireweed with water drops

Fireweed with water drops in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Ptarmigan and dwarf fireweed

Ptarmigan and dwarf fireweed in a Cathedral Mountain drainage, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker in Denali National Park

Hiker on mountain south of Highway Pass in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 34.

Hiker in Denali National Park

Hiker on mountain south of Highway Pass in Denali National Park, Alaska. Park road through Highway Pass visible in background. Hike 34.

Dall Sheep Ram

Dall sheep ram on Polychrome Mountain in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hikes 24 and 25.

Hiker on Polychrome ridge.

Hiking east end of Polychrome Mountain ridgeline in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hikes 24 and 25.

Lynx

Lynx in Polychrome Pass area, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiking Cathedral Mountain

Hiking Cathedral Mountain area in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker Foot and Bear Track

Hiker foot beside a bear foot print in the mud in Denali National Park, Alaska.6

Bull moose in forest

Bull moose in the fall looking from behind trees along the paved part of the park road, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Club Moss and Alpine Bearberry.

Alpine Bearberry leaves turn red in the fall. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Photographing Mt McKinley

Photographing Mount McKinley in late August on a hike southwest of Wonder Lake Campground, Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 55.

Bull Moose in Pond

Bull moose in pond with most velvet off its antlers. Late August Denali National Park, Alaska.

Enjoying Teklanika Rainbow

Enjoying an evening rainbow from the Teklanika Riverbed adjacent to Teklanika Campground in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker with view of Mt McKinley

View of Mt. McKinley from first saddle on route to summit of Hill 5860 south of road in Highway Pass. View down drainage followed to gain this saddle.

Hiker and tent

Hiker celebrates the day outside his tent in the Bear Pass area of Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 30.

Backpacking in Polychrome area

Backpacker descends into the Polychrome basin in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 28.

Mt McKinley from Highway Pass after snow.

An early September snow covers the ground in Highway Pass with Mt. McKinley in the background. Denali National Park Alaska. Hike 33.

Backpacking in Toklat River drainage.

Backpacker near headwates of eastern branch of Toklat River, Denali National Park. Hike 27.

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly bear in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Mount McKinley, Wonder Lake, and Photographer

Photographing Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake from a ridge above the Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Savage River Evening

Evening view up the Savage River in fall from near the bridge in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 6.

Hiking near Wonder Lake Campground

Hiking cross country near Wonder Lake Camground, Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 55.

Mount McKinley, tent and camper.

Camper with view of Mount McKinley from Wonder Lake Campground, Denali National Park, Alaska. 7AM

Wonder Lake Campground

Tents and cooking shelter (in backgroud with plants on roof) in Wonder Lake Campground, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Mount McKinley from Stony Pass

Photographing Mount McKinley from Stony Pass in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Photographing from Denali camper bus

Photographing from a camper bus is easier than from a shuttle buses which is usually more crowded. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Bunchberry (Dwarf dogwood) Berries

Bunchberry (Dwarf Dogwood) berries in the fall with water drops in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Two weeks of gear for 2 at Wonder Lake.

Gear for a two week stay for two people at Wonder Lake Campground in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Wild Blueberry

Ripe wild blueberries in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Beaver swimmin with tree branch

A swimming beaver drags a tree branch back through the water. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Coffee with Mount McKinley

Coffee break in a Wonder Lake Campground cooking shelter.

Bull Caribou

Two bull caribou in Denli National Park, Alaska.

Double Rainbow over Stony Creek

Double rainbow over Stony Creek downstream from park road in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Mount McKinley viewed from Eielson parking lot

View of Mount McKinley from the Eielson Visitor Center parking area with park shuttle bus in the foreground. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Polychrome Basin

Polychrome basin viewed from the park road in the fall. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Toklat River evening

Evening view up the eastern branch of the Toklat River from the bridge in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hikes 27, 28, and 29.

Mt McKinley from Eielson Visitor Center

Top of Mount McKinley is visible through clouds. Interpretive displays at Eielson Visitor Center in foregroud. In Denali National Park, Alaska.

Whitish Gentian

Whitish Gentian blossoms along the Savage Alpine Trail in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 5.

Hikers on Cathedral Mountain

Hikers descending a drainage from the top of Cathedral Mountain area in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hikers on Cathedral Mountain

Hikers exploring Cathedral Mountain area in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 16.

Mount McKinley reflection

Mount McKinley with Reflection Pond in foreground in Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 59

Wolf

Wolf in Sable Pass area Denali National Park, Alaska.

Discarded Moose antlers

Discarded moose antlers in Denali National Park.

Photographing discarded moose antlers.

Photographing a full moose rack found while hiking in Denali National Park, Alaska..

Moose Cow

Moose Cow photographed from the road near Wonder Lake in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Moose Calf

Moose Calf photographed from the park road near Wonder Lake in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker Boarding Park Bus

Denali shuttle bus stopping to pickup a hiker in the Stony Creek area in Denai National Park, Alaska.

Alaska Cotton Grass

Alaska Cotton Grass grows in wet areas of Denali National Park and throughout Alaska.

Bicycling on Park Road

Bicyclist riding on the park road near Stony Creek in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Mt McKinley with hiker

Hiker on the Thorofare River gravelbar. Mt McKinley visibe in distance. Denali National Park, Alaska. Hikes 48, 49, 50.

Bicycle riders near Eielson

Bicycle riders climb the road to Thorofare Pass near Eielson Visitor Center (in the backgroud). Denali National Park, Alaska.

Mt McKinley from Eielson Visitor Center

Mt McKinley from Eielson Visitor Center with American flag. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Mt McKinley from bus.

View of Mt. McKinley through front bus window on approach to Stony Pass. Denali National Park, Alaska.

Hiker and tent

Hiker celebrates the day outside his tent in the Bear Pass area of Denali National Park, Alaska. Hike 30.