Caribou

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

Cat Moose

Larkspur - Delphinium glaucum

Flower Description

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.

To Mt. Thoro

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

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'

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

Colorful Trail

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

Wyoming Hills

Snow arnica

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

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.