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Eielson Alpine Trail/Thoro Ridge

Photo gallery from the Eielson Alpine Trail and Thoro Ridge in Denali National Park. Hiking guide: https://lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide/eielson-alpine-trail-denali-national-park-hiking/

As well as Mt. Thoro and the Thorofare Ridge: https://lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide/mt-thoro-and-thorofare-ridge-hiking-guide/
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  • Thoro Ridge Panorama

    Thoro Ridge Panorama

    Denali National Park

  • Thorofare River and Denali

    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.

  • Valley

    Valley

  • Uphill

    Uphill

  • Laughing at something. There was a lot of laughing.

    Laughing at something. There was a lot of laughing.

  • This arctic ground squirrel is not even paying attention to the scenery

    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.

  • Arctic Ground Squirrel

    Arctic Ground Squirrel

    The closer we were to the visitor center, the bolder they became. I really wish people would not feed animals here.

  • Prancing

    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

  • Caribou

    Caribou

    On the Thoro Ridge - Denali National Park

  • View from the Thoro Ridge

    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.

  • A few of the high peaks came in and out of the clouds.

    A few of the high peaks came in and out of the clouds.

  • All we can see

    All we can see

    Denali was in the clouds. Looking over the Muldrow Glacier.

  • That's Kate!

    That's Kate!

    From the Thoro Ridge - looking toward the Muldrow Glacier and McKinley River

  • Descending the Thoro Ridge

    Descending the Thoro Ridge

    Kate and CJ begin the descent.

  • Beautiful - but time to turn around

    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.

  • Arctic Ground Squirrel

    Arctic Ground Squirrel

    In Denali National Park and Preserve.

  • Mixed Colors

    Mixed Colors

    A bit of summer and fall in the foliage near the Eielson Visitor Center in Denali National Park.

  • Snow-Covered Greens

    Snow-Covered Greens

    Still green foliage covered by a dusting of snow. Denali National Park

  • Termination Dust

    Termination Dust

    Laying it on thick on the last day of August.

  • Reds and Greens

    Reds and Greens

    Snow-covered ground foliage at Eielson Visitor Center.

  • Summer Under That Snow

    Summer Under That Snow

    Snow dump in Denali National Park on the last day of August. Near Eielson Visitor Center.

  • Denali From Thorofare

    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.

  • Sow with Cubs

    Sow with Cubs

    Grizzlies near Stony Mountain in Denali National Park

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