Written by J. Stephen on July 25, 2005
- I was taking a mid-afternoon hike in early August along the beautiful Savage River Loop Trail in Denali National Park, and was not more than half a mile from returning to the parking lot where...
Written by Jack Ventura on October 26, 2002
- The George Parks HighwayArguably the most celebrated guidebook for Alaska is The MILEPOST. There are other websites that reproduce its mile-by-mile account of Alaska’s scenic highways. First published in 1949, before Alaska was...
Written by Linda Kaye on November 22, 2000
- Kantishna is located at the end of the road in the Denali National Park (about an 80 mile drive). We had a great driver named Mike. He drove a typical school-type bus and...
Written by Linda Kaye on November 22, 2000
- The Princess Wilderness Lodge Dinner Theatre presents a musical called the Music of Denali. As you step into the building we are immediately transported back to the gold mining days of the 1800....
Written by QueenOfTheRoad on November 28, 2008
- The town itself was rather underwhelming, but we were there, like most, to see Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America. Only once we got to Denali, we found out that it’s hard to...
Written by ThereSheGoes on March 19, 2004
- I found out about working up North on the internet. I interviewed over the phone, and flew up there by myself, a 21-year-old single girl, knowing no one and having no idea what I was...
Written by Jack Ventura on November 2, 2002
- Additional commentary on the park’s concessionaire and reservation system is necessary.Denali Park Resorts is a division of ARAMARK, the company contracted by the U.S. National Park Service to handle reservation operations for many of the...
Written by Linda Kaye on November 22, 2000
- "There is gold in them thar hills" and according to the REAL gold miners, it’s the tourist dollar.
We traveled to gold mining camp on by jet boat on a braided river....
Written by Linda Kaye on November 22, 2000
- Probably the hardest part of this rafting trip was getting into the “drysuits”. These are one-piece rubber suits, from your toes to your neck, all zipped up tight to protect you from the cold...
Written by Linda Kaye on November 22, 2000
- One of our tours began at the Princess Lodge. Since we were a little early, we went inside to the Lobby and did we get a surprise. It was August 25th. The...
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