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  1. 2019
  2. July

2019-07-09

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  • Caribou

    Caribou

    Two bull caribou resting in the Toklat riverbed in Denali National Park.

  • Cat Moose

    Cat Moose

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  • Larkspur - Delphinium glaucum

    Larkspur - Delphinium glaucum

    Flower Description

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  • Alpine Trail

    Alpine Trail

    The start of the Alpine Trail near Eielson Visitor Center at mile 66 on the Park Road in Denali National Park. Turning left at the ridge follows the Thorofare Ridge slowly back down to the Park Road. This day we turned right to hike to the top of Mt. Thoro.

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  • To Mt. Thoro

    To Mt. Thoro

    Cat on the Thorofare Ridge on the approach to Mt. Thoro.

  • Wyoming Hills

    Wyoming Hills

    Looking north from the Thorofare Ridge are the Wyoming Hills. Very smoky day with all the wildfires burning in the state.

  • Thoro 5629'

    Thoro 5629'

    There's a social trail that is easy to follow to the saddle before Thoro.

  • Colorful Trail

    Colorful Trail

    The geology on the Thorofare is impressive. There are many different colors of rock as you travel.

  • Wyoming Hills

    Wyoming Hills

  • Snow arnica

    Snow arnica

  • Smoke

    Smoke

    There are 120 fires burning in Alaska right now. Most of the state is filling with smoke. This was the view looking at the Alaska Range from the Thorofare Ridge in Denali National Park on July 9, 2019.

  • Alaska Poppy

    Alaska Poppy

  • Martian Landscape

    Martian Landscape

    On the ascent up Thoro in Denali National Park. Red landscape with faint tendrils of green where there is vegetation from slowly melting snowpack.

  • Martian Landscape

    Martian Landscape

    On the ascent up Thoro in Denali National Park. Red landscape with faint tendrils of green where there is vegetation from slowly melting snowpack.

  • Northern Jacob's Ladder

    Northern Jacob's Ladder

  • Moss Campion

    Moss Campion

  • Nearing the Summit

    Nearing the Summit

    Nearing Thoro (5629') in Denali National Park. Very unique, red, talus landscape to wander through.

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  • A Little Green

    A Little Green

    From the summit of Thoro. Green tendrils from melting snow and a few flowers dot the landscape. Denali National Park

  • Moss Campion

    Moss Campion

  • Alaska Poppy (Yellow) and Larkspur (Purple)

    Alaska Poppy (Yellow) and Larkspur (Purple)

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