Alaska: Denali area

Click on the small picture to see a larger, more detailed version. I toured Alaska, visiting Anchorage, St. Lawrence Island (Gambell), Seward, St. Paul Island, Nome, and the Denali area. The trip was led by Jan Hansen (dba Otus Asio Tours otusasiotours@bellsouth.net). He leads a variety of trips, all of which I would recommend. On this trip, the co-leader was John O'Donnell who has led a number of trips for the Sierra Club.

This page contains pictures from inland, along the Denali Highway and in and around Denali National Park. The pictures were taken from June 6 through June 11, 2002.

Denali area - scenery and plants

[Matamuska River] [Matamuska Glacier] [Tangle Lakes]

Matamuska River and Glacier (left, center) and lake at Tangle Lakes Lodge (m.p. 22 Denali Highway), June 6, 2002.

[m.p. 13 tundra vies] [Alaska Range] [Alaska Range]

From m.p. 13 on the Denali Highway, views of the tundra and the Alaska Range, June 6 (left) and 7, 2002.

[Alaska Range] [McClarren River Valley] [McClarren Glacier] [Susitna River]

Views from the Denali Highway: Alaska Range (left), McClarren Valley and Glacier (center two), and Susitna River (right), June 8, 2002.

[Mt. KcKinley] [Mt. KcKinley] [Mt. KcKinley]

Mount McKinnley from 75 miles, Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.

[Denali N. P. road] [Denali N. P. road]

Scene along road and Thorofare River from the Eilson Center, Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.

[flower] [flower] [flower] [Pussy Willow] [Lupine]

Flowers including Pussy Willows, m.p. 13 Denali Highway, June 7 and Lupine (far right) Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.

Denali area - mammals

[Caribou] [Caribou] [Caribou]

Caribou, Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.

[Dall Sheep] [Dall Sheep] [Dall Sheep]

Dall Sheep, south of McKinley Park (left) June 9 and Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.

[Moose] [Hoary Marmot] [Hoary Marmot] [Beaver]

Moose, south of McKinley Park (left) June 9, Hoary Marmot, Denali National Park (center twp) June 10, and Beaver, Denali Highway, June 11, 2002.

Denali area - birds

[Trumpeter Swan] [Trumpeter Swan] [Trumpeter Swan] [Trumpeter Swan]

Trumpeter Swan, Tangle Lakes, June 7, 2002.

[Fox Sparrow] [Fox Sparrow] [American Tree Sparrow] [American Tree Sparrow]

Fox Sparrow, Tangle Lakes Lodge and American Tree Sparrow, m.p. 13 Denali Highway, June 7, 2002.

[Blackpoll Warbler] [Blackpoll Warbler] [Yellow Warbler]

Blackpoll (left, center) and Yellow (right) Warblers, Tangle Lakes Lodge, June 7, 2002.

[Rock Ptarmigan] [Merlin]

Rock Ptarmigan, m. p. 13 June 7 and Merlin, June 8, Denali Highway.

[Willow Ptarmogan] [Willow Ptarmogan] [Willow Ptarmogan]

Willow Ptarmigan, Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.

[Mew Gull] [Mew Gull]

Mew Gull, Eilson Center, Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.

[Arctic Warbler] [Black-billed Magpie]

Arctic Warbler (left) and Black-billed Magpie, road into Denali National Park, June 10, 2002.


Eric W. Greisen
egreisen@nrao.edu