NO Denali

Over the course of three days last week, we took the 440-mile round-trip drive from our location in Cantwell for a brief final visit with Tracy and Jeff in Anchorage (and some shopping) prior to our planned departure from Alaska in the first week of September. Part of our travels took us through an area where Mount McKinley is sometimes visible from several vantage points along the way.  While we were fortunate enough to spot the mountain several times on our journey to Cantwell in late July as reported in an earlier blog entry, we were not so fortunate this time.

As most Alaskans and visitors to this area can tell you, the mountain, known locally as Denali, can generally be observed only about 30% of the time since the view is normally obscured by clouds.  Here is a sample of what has been observed by relatively few of the 400,000 folks that visit the park each year:

This link will take you to the photos of our "NO Denali" trip last week and this link will give you more information about the park, the mountain, the names and more.