Tag : Denali

 

Here we are. This post is the last one about our last summer trip in Alaska, with 5 more pictures of Denali National Park’s wildlife. Soon I will create two dedicated galleries for this journey : the first one for the landscapes, the second one for the animals. Images will be full size.

Next posts will talk about my every day « photo trips » in Normandie as well as our 4 days trip scheduled at the end of the month …

 

We had the chance to see a lot of wildlife in the Denali National Park. Some from the bus, the others near the Wonder Lake campground. But the first ones we met were the beavers, when we hiked the short trail called « Beaver loop » not far from the park entrance. We watched them carrying big branches from the forest to their pond, working hard to build their dam : serious and concentrated!

[ Wild wolf with GPS collar / …

 

If I had to choose only one place from our trip to Alaska, no doubt it would be the Denali National Park. In this park Northern travelers can find everything they dream about : amazing and wild landscapes, huge mountains and a really important wildlife. From grizzlies to wolves, among moose, caribous, Dall sheeps and beavers, we saw in Denali more wild animals than anywhere else in the world.

[ View of Mt. McKinley from Reflexion Pond / Vue …

 

Alaska, what is Alaska ? It is the 49th state of the USA, and the largest one : more than 3 times bigger than France. When French people think of Alaska, they always think of cold, icy and snowy landscapes. But what they don’t know is that as other coastal Northern countries, Alaska has also cool summers. Indeed, temperature is around 15°C, which is good enough for outdoor trips like hiking, wild camping, wildlife viewing…

American people call Alaska …