Every year the National Park has a road Lottery to go back into Denali National Park where the winners can drive all the way back to the end of the road system at Wonder Lake and out the Northern side of the Park in the Kantishna Mining District area.
Anyway, they only give out 1600 permits to be divided into 400 cars per day for four days. About 12,000 people entered the lottery, but it is getting harder and harder to win because more people are entering each year. They charge ten dollar non refundible entry fee and only one per person, so they make a good chunk of change off 12,000 enteries. Once you win, they soak you another Forty dollars for the Permit to get into the Park!
Here are some of the photos I took Saturday.
The first one was earlier in the day, you can see a snow capped Mt. McKinley off in the distance with a clear blue sky... by the time I got there the clouds had moved in and it was obstructed.
The building you see on the side of the Mountain is called the Eielson Center, named after an early famous Aviator in Alaska's History, Ben Eielson who died in a crash in 1929 . The flag shots are from the viewing area in front of the center looking down into the valley, the first flag shot is just about where Mt. McKinley would be at if the sky was clear (at the tip of the flag pole for the peak), the second one is looking to the Southeast.
The rest are pretty self expanitory. Saw dozens of bears, sheep, moose and a host of other critters! Was a good trip (my third one back there)!
Anyway, they only give out 1600 permits to be divided into 400 cars per day for four days. About 12,000 people entered the lottery, but it is getting harder and harder to win because more people are entering each year. They charge ten dollar non refundible entry fee and only one per person, so they make a good chunk of change off 12,000 enteries. Once you win, they soak you another Forty dollars for the Permit to get into the Park!
Here are some of the photos I took Saturday.
The first one was earlier in the day, you can see a snow capped Mt. McKinley off in the distance with a clear blue sky... by the time I got there the clouds had moved in and it was obstructed.
The building you see on the side of the Mountain is called the Eielson Center, named after an early famous Aviator in Alaska's History, Ben Eielson who died in a crash in 1929 . The flag shots are from the viewing area in front of the center looking down into the valley, the first flag shot is just about where Mt. McKinley would be at if the sky was clear (at the tip of the flag pole for the peak), the second one is looking to the Southeast.
The rest are pretty self expanitory. Saw dozens of bears, sheep, moose and a host of other critters! Was a good trip (my third one back there)!
