Denali National Park

Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park

This is a panorama photo of Polychrome Pass in Denali Park. Click on the "Original Size" and move the bar at the bottom & right side to view the whole image. The photo cannot capture the beauty of this place.

Barren Ground Caribou

Caribou taking a break

Barren Ground Caribou

Caribou with velvet antlers; This bull caribou will loose this hardware next year and grow another rack during the summer and be ready to defend his harem with them.

Barren Ground Caribou

Caribou

Bull Moose

Bull moose on the hillside

Silver-back Grizzly Bear

Grizzly bear from the window of the Toklat tour bus

Dall Sheep

Dall sheep

Mt. McKinley

View of Mt.McKinley from the Princess Lodge was obscured by clouds. I noticed a break in the clouds in the west and decided to stay and see if the sun would make an appearance. See the next slide.

Some of the clouds parted and produced a colorful sunset.

The clouds then moved back and this was the last we saw of the sun. The gorgeous sunset became a mass of gray clouds.

Polychrome Pass

Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park

Polychrome Pass

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Park guide and bus driver; employee of Aramark

Photography of animals from the bus only, a difficult task.

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Polychrome Pass panorama

Our bus tour of Denali, like all tours, began at the Visitor Center, Wilderness Access Center. We were able to arrange a 56 mile, 6 hour trip that took us to the Toklat River stop. Along the way we observed and photographed caribou, moose, grizzly bear and Dall sheep. The highlight of the trip was a stop at Polychrome Pass where I to a panoramic photograph of the park.

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