A Day On The Denali Park Road

We came through Polychrome Pass in late June 2010 and saw a band of mature Dall sheep.They appeared to be agitated. Their attention was focused across the road. To our right a lone wolf had come from above and scared them across the road. They stared at the wolf as it tried to come down [...]

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Kenai River Trips

Alaska Day Trips: Fishing & Rafting Our day trips include Alaska salmon and trout fishing and Kenai River rafting trips. Both popular as a weekend getaway and as a feature of many of our All-Inclusive Alaska trips and Adventure Packages. We also encourage you to add a two-hour or full day scenic Kenai River rafting [...]

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Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge

An Alaska Eco Lodge Surrounded by Wilderness Welcome to the only lodge within the 700,000 acre Kenai Fjords National Park. Alaska Wildland Adventures’ new wilderness eco lodge, Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge, is completely surrounded by Kenai Fjords National Park. Situated on the shores of a protected lagoon in full view of Pedersen Glacier, Kenai Fjords [...]

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Beringia

The last glacial episode between 20,000 and 10,000 years ago marks the transition between the end of the Pleistocene epoch, about 10,000 years ago and the beginning of the Holocene, the epoch in which we live. A wide land bridge, called the Bering Land Bridge, that linked present-day Alaska with present-day northeastern Siberia was exposed [...]

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Chena Hot Springs Resort

Welcome to Alaska’s only year round 100+ year old hot springs resort! Chena Hot Springs Resort is the most accessible and developed hot spring resort in Alaska’s Interior. Chena Hot Springs was discovered in August 1905 and became famous for curing crippled prospectors of their aches and pains. Today, many local, state, national and international [...]

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Riverboat Discovery

1975 Discovery Drive – Fairbanks, AK 99709  – Telephone: 907-479-6673 – Toll Free: 1-866-479-6673 Fax: 907-479-4613  – www.riverboatdiscovery.com – info@riverboatdiscovery.com Welcome aboard! Your three hour cruise will take you into the heart of Alaska and the heart of a family who has made the rivers of Alaska a way of life for four generations. You [...]

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Nenana Raft Adventures

Nenana Raft Adventures Mile 238 Parks Hwy. – PO Box 500 – Healy AK 99743 1-800-789-RAFT – In Denali: 683-RAFT raftak@mtaonline.net – http://www.alaskaraft.com Choose from two different raft configurations. We have several rafting options available for visitors to the Denali Park area. With over 60 miles of river to choose from, the Nenana has peacefully [...]

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Denali Outdoor Center

River Rafting, Kayaks & Canoes, Mountain Bikes PO Box 170 Denali National Park, AK 99755 1-800-303-1925 in USA 1(907)683-1925 Local info@denalioutdoorcenter.com http://www.denalioutdoorcenter.com Two Locations: Mile 1/2 Otto Lake Road, Healy, Alaska 99743 Mile 238,9 Parks Hwy Denali Park, Alaska 99755 Raft Trips – Choose Your Adventure! Denali Outdoor Center offers over 9 river trip launches [...]

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Denali Park Road – Kantishna Roadhouse

This post is part of a series on the Traveling the Denali Park Road – to read the series from the beginning, click here. The next section we move through is to some people the most peaceful in the park. Most of the busses don’t go out to the Kantishna district. We also pass the [...]

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Denali Park Road – Eielson Visitor Center

This post is part of a series on the Traveling the Denali Park Road – to read the series from the beginning, click here.  The broad valley we now enter through Thoroughfare Pass was, like the others we have come through created by glaciation. The classic example of a glacially carved valley is U or [...]

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