It was rainy when we got to the viewpoints at Denali State Park; the “Great One” was fully shrouded in cloud cover. We weren’t expecting much, as our day in Talkeetna hadn’t yielded any clear views either. Not only was this common, but it was what a majority of the visitors experienced. And just a handful of every 100 visitors get a clear view of the mountain from base to summit.
The following day when we boarded the long 12-hour bus ride into Denali National Park, we were hopeful but resigned to the fact that we probably wouldn’t get a great shot of the mountain. So when we crested a hill and finally got this amazingly clear view of the highest peak on the continent, we were thrilled. And so was the bus driver, who later explained that this was the clearest day she’d ever seen of the mountain all the years she’d been driving.
In a trip loaded with spectacular destinations, Denli certainly held its own.
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