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Steps Through Time Hike - Outside Denali Nat'l Park - June 2009

Our tour guide Heidi takes us on a hike through the Alaskan wilderness. We crossed a glacier and fought off mosquitoes the size of small birds.
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You can see how the snowshoe hares have picked the lower branches clean on the willow on the right.
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You can see how the snowshoe hares have picked the lower branches clean on the willow on the right.

  • Train trestle in the distance that we went across before pulling into Denali Depot.
  • Typical trail for this area
  • Lichen?
  • Heidi and Darla crossing the glacier
  • Heidi blazing the trail
  • Glad that I did not fall into the creek (running under the glacier)
  • Reindeer dung
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  • Reindeer moss
  • Reindeer moss
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  • It looks like this in every direction
  • Believe it or not... this is a "shelter" in case you get caught out in a storm. Tough people live in Alaska.
  • The only varmint we saw
  • Heidi and Darla
  • You can see how the snowshoe hares have picked the lower branches clean on the willow on the right.
  • Nice place across for the McKinley Chalet's.
  • I see why people stay... during the summer that is! We had nearly 24 hours of daylight during our stay, I can imagine 24 hours of darkness during the cold winter.
  • The style of bus that takes you into the Denali National Park.
  • Looking down at the road leading to Denali Nat'l Park
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