{"id":174,"date":"2024-06-24T04:38:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T04:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gisellebill.org\/bike\/uncategorized\/denali-national-park\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T04:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T04:38:19","slug":"denali-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gisellebill.org\/bike\/uncategorized\/denali-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Denali National Park!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We spent a great three days cycling in Denali National Park. Like so much of what we\u2019ve seen so far, it\u2019s hard to convey the awesome scale of everything and the jaw-dropping beauty around every corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had really hoped to cycle to the end of the Denali Park Road by hoofing around the landslide closures, but that is not currently possible \u2014 so we only went in about 40 miles. It was still such a great ride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We stopped to let this ptarmigan family cross the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Couldn\u2019t see Denali (the mtn) inside the park but we had already seen it from the southeast <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Our cozy campsite at Igloo Creek out in the middle of the park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back near the park entrance we stayed at Riley Creek. They have fantastic walk-in sites with ample food storage to keep us bear safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

View from the bench behind our campsite at Riley Creek!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow we\u2019ll set off down the Denali Highway, which cuts east along the Alaska Range between Cantwell and Paxson. Despite being called a \u201chighway,\u201d it is a very remote gravel road and we should get some more drone video for you once we reappear with signal in about a week. (Drones are prohibited on NPS land, which we are definitely ok with and gladly complied)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance traveled: 402 mi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elevation gained: 17,123 ft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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