Mt. Thoro
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From 2014-07-21
Uphill
From 2014-07-21
This arctic ground squirrel is not even paying attention to the scenery
I was kind of amazed at how many of these guys were running around while we hiked the Thoro Ridge Trail in Denali National Park. They're kind of funny to watch, a bit curious about us. That would be Denali in the background if the clouds had ever lifted. That grey streak below the mountain with bits of white poking through is the debris-covered and partially vegetated Muldrow Glacier.
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From 2014-07-21
Arctic Ground Squirrel
The closer we were to the visitor center, the bolder they became. I really wish people would not feed animals here.
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From 2014-07-21
Prancing
Early on the Thoro Ridge Trail in Denali National Park a caribou came up over the hillside with her calf and trotted across the ridge for a while. blogpost: hiking the Thoro Ridge
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From 2014-07-21
Caribou
On the Thoro Ridge - Denali National Park
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From 2014-07-21
View from the Thoro Ridge
Denali National Park has one of the most varied landscapes of anywhere I've ever been. Scenery changes drastically and quickly almost anywhere you go in the park. You can walk out of a thick boreal forest to find yourself in desert tundra or follow braided rivers onto glaciers and high mountains. This is the view to the north and east from the Thoro Ridge, a bit west of the Alpine Trail near the Eielson Visitor Center.
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A few of the high peaks came in and out of the clouds.
From 2014-07-21
Thorofare
Thick fog remains on the north side of the ridge
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From 2018-09-07
A bit of blue
Blue skies appear over the Thorofare Ridge
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From 2018-09-07
Unveiling
Denali over the Muldrow Glacier from the Thorofare Ridge
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From 2018-09-07
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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From 2019-07-09
To Mt. Thoro
Cat on the Thorofare Ridge on the approach to Mt. Thoro.
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From 2019-07-09
Wyoming Hills
Looking north from the Thorofare Ridge are the Wyoming Hills. Very smoky day with all the wildfires burning in the state.
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Thoro 5629'
There's a social trail that is easy to follow to the saddle before Thoro.
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From 2019-07-09
Colorful Trail
The geology on the Thorofare is impressive. There are many different colors of rock as you travel.
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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.
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From 2019-07-09
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.
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From 2019-07-09
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.
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From 2019-07-09
Northern Jacob's Ladder
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From 2019-07-09
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
From the summit of Thoro. Green tendrils from melting snow and a few flowers dot the landscape. Denali National Park
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Alaska Poppy (Yellow) and Larkspur (Purple)
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Thoro Monuments
Two monuments point toward the summit.
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Solar Array
Station on the top of Thoro
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Descending Thoro
Wyoming hills in the background obscured by wildfire smoke.
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From 2019-07-09
Peeling
Mud and algae in a small alpine pond near Thoro in Denali National Park.
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