Denali National Park, July, 2015

In 2015 some friends in a Scamp & myself in an Escape 17B made a 2 month trip to Alaska. One of the highlights of the trip was a 4 day stay at the Teklanika Campground inside the park.

Like many of the national parks, they limit driving on the park road, at least past mile 15 unless you are camping. While the Teklanika Campground is at mile 29, once you arrive you must leave your vehicle in the campground and take the bus to explore the park. The last two campgrounds, Igloo Creek & Wonder Lake do not allow cars - you must take the camper bus (a bus that has room at the back for gear). I can understand why they don't allow cars. The hairpin turns on the very narrow one lane road require skilled driving & like all national parks, they want to keep it as close to nature as possible.

I've included two photographs by our wonderful driver for the first day, Sheryl Paxton. If you have a choice, I highly recommend her bus!

Some photos from the park:

Day 1:


A Seagull	The View at the Start of the Gravel Road	Along the Way	Here's Looking at You!

Moose	And More Moose	Don & Anne's (Site 37)	My Site (40)

Day 2:


The Campground Sign	Mt McKinley (Maybe)	A Caribou	A View

Our Bus	A Gyrfalcon	First Grizzly Bear	A Caribou

Grizzly Bear	Grizzly Bear	A Golden Eagle	Mt McKinley (Maybe)

Snowshoe Hare	Kantishna	Lockspur	Wonder Lake

A Caribou	Grizzly Bear	Grizzly Bear	A Ptarmigan

Ptarmigan Chicks	Grizzly Bear	A View	Sheryl Paxton's Moose & Mt McKinley at Wonder Lake

Sheryl Paxton's Smiling Bear	A View Along the Drive

Day 3:


Shirley, Yesterday's Driver	The Teklanika Rest Stop	Mt McKinley	The First Grizzly Bear

A View Along the Way	Another Grizzly	The Tent at Toklat River	Another Grizzly Bear

Through the Bus Window	A Caribou	Another Grizzly Bear	The View at Eielson

Mt McKinley is Behind the Clouds	A Ranger Talk	More Caribou	Another Grizzly Bear

Another Grizzly Bear	A View Along the Way	Another Grizzly Bear	Another Grizzly Bear