Backpack camping into the Park

Here are some pictures from our backpack camping trip in Denali National Park. Our friends Montana and Holly went with us. We rode the bus into the park to the end of the road. At the end of the road is the old gold mining camp called Kantishna. We found an old road that we hiked up 3 miles to a clearing that over looked the Alaska Range including Mt. McKinley. We pitched our tents and enjoyed being out in the wild where the four of us were the only people in the world that knew exactly where we were. It was a fantastic trip and one that we hope to do again someday. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Here are some of the pictures we took on the bus ride out to Kantishna:
Some bears A golden eagle a fox The four of us at one of the stopping points along the road. That's Mt. McKinley in the back ground.

These two pictures were taken when we made a stop at Eilson Visitors Center, there were some antlers laying on the ground so we took advantage for a picture moment.

Along the road we hiked up to the clearing.

The four of us on the clearing where we pitched our tents. Holly went further up the hill and took our picture before we pitched our tents.

Our tents!

We had to go at least 100 feet away from our camp site to eat. That is one of the rules that you learn in the safety class that you have to take in order to be able to overnight camp in the park.

This was a rock cliff that we climbed up and sat on for awhile. This is where we took the picture (above) of our tents.

After set up camp we went for a walk along the ridge line. We found a huge blueberry patch along the way, so we stopped and enjoyed them.

This was the view from the hill top clearing.

When we woke up the next morning it was raining and VERY foggy, so we had fun packing up!