Eielson Alpine Trail/Thoro Ridge
Thoro Ridge Panorama
Denali National Park
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From 2014-07-21
Thorofare River and Denali
Looking over the confluence of the Thorofare and McKinley River at Denali. Some interesting geological features in a valley on my hike down from the Thorofare Ridge back to the Park Road.
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From 2018-09-07
Valley
From 2014-07-21
Uphill
From 2014-07-21
Laughing at something. There was a lot of laughing.
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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From 2014-07-21
A few of the high peaks came in and out of the clouds.
From 2014-07-21
That's Kate!
From the Thoro Ridge - looking toward the Muldrow Glacier and McKinley River
From 2014-07-21
Beautiful - but time to turn around
Midway through our descent we came across a sow with her two cubs. The cubs were a pretty good size - maybe 2-3 years old. They were right where we needed to be, so we had to turn around and retrace our steps.
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From 2014-07-21
Arctic Ground Squirrel
In Denali National Park and Preserve.
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From 2014-07-21
Mixed Colors
A bit of summer and fall in the foliage near the Eielson Visitor Center in Denali National Park.
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From 2018-08-31
Snow-Covered Greens
Still green foliage covered by a dusting of snow. Denali National Park
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From 2018-08-31
Termination Dust
Laying it on thick on the last day of August.
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From 2018-08-31
Reds and Greens
Snow-covered ground foliage at Eielson Visitor Center.
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Summer Under That Snow
Snow dump in Denali National Park on the last day of August. Near Eielson Visitor Center.
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From 2018-08-31
Denali From Thorofare
Taken from the Thorofare Ridge. Looking over the Thorofare River, red alpine tundra with a kettle pond nested up high, and the debris and vegetation covered Muldrow Glacier and, of course, Denali hovering high above all of it.
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From 2018-09-07
Sow with Cubs
Grizzlies near Stony Mountain in Denali National Park
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From 2018-09-07
Sow with Cubs
Grizzlies near Stony Mountain in Denali National Park
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From 2018-09-07
Sow with Cubs
Grizzlies near Stony Mountain in Denali National Park
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From 2018-09-07
Sow with Cubs
Grizzlies near Stony Mountain in Denali National Park
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From 2018-09-07
Sow with Cubs
Grizzlies near Stony Mountain in Denali National Park
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From 2018-09-07
Light in the Valley
Sunlight punches through low clouds illuminating rivers and kettle ponds in the Eielson area of Denali National Park. Taken from the Eielson Alpine Trail.
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Alpine Trail
View of a kettle pond over the short, steep Alpine Trail near Eielson Visitor Center at mile 66 on the Park Road.
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Winding Road
The Park Road from the Alpine Trail in Denali National Park.
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From 2018-09-07
Water Flash
A brief flash of sunlight off a kettle pond and braided river.
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A Mountain Appears
I started to get some brief glimpses of Denali once on the Thorofare Ridge.
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Clouds Dissipate
Denali slowly emerges from the clouds. Taken near the top of the Eielson Alpine Trail on the Thorofare Ridge.
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Arctic Ground Squirrel
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From 2018-09-07
Kettle Pond and Braided River
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Cloud Splitter
Clouds split on a mountain leaving me out of the fog on the Thorofare Ridge.
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Clouds Lift
Eielson Mountains appearing from the Thoro Ridge
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Emerging
Denali was in and out of the clouds for about an hour.
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From 2018-09-07
Thoro Landscape
Denali appearing over the Muldrow Glacier
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From 2018-09-07
Fall Colors and Mountain Tops
Denali emerging from the clouds over red and yellow landscapes. The yellow "river" is the vegetation-covered Muldrow Glacier.
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Thorofare
Thick fog remains on the north side of the ridge
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A bit of blue
Blue skies appear over the Thorofare Ridge
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Unveiling
Denali over the Muldrow Glacier from the Thorofare Ridge
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Thorofare Landscapes
Alpine meadows and the tallest mountain in North America
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From 2018-09-07
Eielson Mountains
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Denali
Gorgeous red landscapes over the Thorofare River and yellow vegetation-covered Muldrow Glacier. And of course Denali, the tallest Mountain in North America at 20,310' above sea level.
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