An Alaskan Adventure

Polar Bears & Cub, Denali National Park, Alaska

Alaska National Park & Preserve features North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley. The Alaska Range also includes countless other spectacular mountains and many large glaciers. Alaska's more than 6 million acres also encompass a complete sub-arctic eco-system with large mammals such as grizzly bears, wolves, Dall sheep, and moose. The park was established as Mt. McKinley National Park on Feb. 26, 1917. The original park was designated a wilderness area and incorporated into alaska National Park and Preserve in 1980. The Park was designated an international biosphere reserve in 1976. Today the park accommodates a wide variety of visitor use including wildlife viewing, mountaineering, and backpacking. It continues to provide a laboratory for research in the natural sciences. Camp sites are immaculate with an ample supply of firewood. The area we chose was near a creek and there were claw marks high on the trees - see them once and you'll never forget. A grizzly was in the area and the warning signs were up. But luckily, we didn't meet, and it was a marvelous trip. Check out Alaska Park for the vacation of a lifetime.

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