Brushkana Creek cabin with a view
Saw this lovely cabin on the creek (almost in the creek) across from the campground. Last summer it was about 30 feet from the creek’s edge, but savage flooding last fall eroded the bank...
Category: Denali Highway
Denali Highway–Hiking Brushkana Creek Trail to old Alaska Road Commission cabin
We drove the Denali Highway Thursday. Friday and Saturday–stayed at Brushkana campground on Friday night. The campground, maintained by the Bureau of Land Management, is a lovely little facility on the banks of Brushkana...
Young bull moose at Paxson – 6-5-2013
As we came down out of winter along the Denali Highway we rounded the final curve before Paxson and saw this young bull moose browsing next to the road. Cool!
Landmark Gap on Denali Highway – June 4, 2013 – still lots of snow
We drove in on the eastern end of the Denali Highway this past week from Paxson to MacClaren River Lodge. There was still plenty of snow! Above is a photo of Landmark Gap from...
Denali Highway still closed 5-17-2013
The photo above was taken this past weekend from a gravel pit at about Mile 95 of the Denali Highway (about 40 miles from Cantwell). That dark line snaking across the middle of the...
Caribou along Denali Highway 5-12-2013
This past weekend we drove in on the Denali Highway from the Cantwell side about 70 miles before being stopped by unplowed road. We saw this lone caribou about 10 miles from Cantwell, merrily...
Trumpeter Swans along Denali Highway in early May 2013
We drove in the Denali Highway as far as Alpine Creek Lodge on Saturday. That is about half was across the road. Because of the late spring the highway is still not plowed...
Tiny bubbles in the ice (agatey overflow along Denali Highway)
Here is a close up of one of the chunks of agatey overflow ice I posted about yesterday.
Agatey overflow along Denali Highway
Several areas along the freshly plowed sections of the Denali Highway had heavy frozen overflow that had to be chopped through by the road clearing crews. In one area the overflow was over five...
View of Mt. McKinley from newly plowed section of Denali Highway
I have driven the Denali Highway several times, but in the past always west to east. The state DOT started plowing the Denali Highway this past week and we drove in as far as...
