July 4, 2005 Denali Highway Trip

July 4, 2005 Denali Highway Trip


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DenaliHwy001P5287085 On May 28, 2005, Kate and I went on a little recon trip to the western side of the Denali Highway. The Denali Highway connects Cantwell (on the west) and Paxson (on the east). On the way down the Parks Highway toward Cantwell, we stopped in the usual place to gas up and get some snacks. From here we could see Mount Healy. DenaliHwy001P5287085
DenaliHwy002P5287104 Some of the Alaska Range peaks before getting to Cantwell were pretty cool. They were also pretty beaten up during the mountain building process. DenaliHwy002P5287104
DenaliHwy003P5280060 Another shot of the Alaska Range along the Parks Highway before Cantwell. DenaliHwy003P5280060
DenaliHwy004P5280065 Kate took this cool picture of one stratigraphic section along the Parks Highway. DenaliHwy004P5280065
DenaliHwy005P5287116 The eastern side of the Denali Highway is only paved for the first 3 miles. For the rest of the way until nearing the Tangle Lakes area, it is gravel and dirt. This scene was taken only a couple miles after the paved road ended. Nice views of some of the Alaska Range, lakes, and vegetation. DenaliHwy005P5287116
DenaliHwy006P5280071 Kate snapped a self portrait of both of us with the mountains in the background. DenaliHwy006P5280071
DenaliHwy007P5287123 Another view of those same mountains. The streams that are in the photo were where some people were doing some fishing. DenaliHwy007P5287123
DenaliHwy008P5287126 And another view. DenaliHwy008P5287126
DenaliHwy009P5287129 More of the mountains of the Alaska Range. DenaliHwy009P5287129
DenaliHwy010P5287131 I snapped a photo of Kate enjoying the scenery. DenaliHwy010P5287131
DenaliHwy011P5287133 More mountain scenes. DenaliHwy011P5287133
DenaliHwy012P5287135 This one was really cool, but don't know which mountain it was. DenaliHwy012P5287135
DenaliHwy012Pan01 At another pull out I took a panoramic of the mountains. DenaliHwy012Pan01
DenaliHwy013P5287148 Another zoomed in shot of the one mountain. DenaliHwy013P5287148
DenaliHwy014P5280075 At another pull out, we stopped to look at a part of the Nenana River. This river originates from the Nenana Glacier in the Alaska Range. DenaliHwy014P5280075
DenaliHwy015P5287153 A little zoomed in shot of the previous photo. DenaliHwy015P5287153
DenaliHwy016P5287162 After 20 miles into the drive along the western part of the Denali Highway, there is a sign for the Denali Highway that explains the region. DenaliHwy016P5287162
DenaliHwy017P5287164 More of the Alaska Range with the good old Jeep in the photo. DenaliHwy017P5287164
DenaliHwy018P5287165 The furthest part we reached, before heading back because the weather was looking bad, was the Brushkana Campground. This is Brushkana Creek as it flows north toward the Nenana River. DenaliHwy018P5287165
DenaliHwy019P5287167 This is a zoom in shot of the cabin near the Brushkana Creek with the Alaska Range in the background. From this point, we headed back to Cantwell and then to return to Fairbanks. DenaliHwy019P5287167
DenaliHwy020P5287175 More of the scenery upon the return to Cantwell. DenaliHwy020P5287175
DenaliHwy021P5287178 Nice lighting of the mountains and vegetation in the area. DenaliHwy021P5287178
DenaliHwy022P5287181 This was a cool pull out to view the Nenana River as it braids to the west. DenaliHwy022P5287181
DenaliHwy023P5287185 I zoomed in on the central island to show the effect of the rivers erosional forces. Several trees can be seen about to fall into the river some day. It makes for a cool shot. DenaliHwy023P5287185
DenaliHwy024P5287191 Once back on the Parks Highway, outside of Cantwell, there was a mountain peak that showed some great slide areas... DenaliHwy024P5287191
DenaliHwy025P5287192 ...Right across the road from the slide area was one of the GPS stations that make up the Alaska Earthquake Information Center's GPS network. DenaliHwy025P5287192
DenaliHwy026P5287193 Here is a zoom in of the GPS receiver... DenaliHwy026P5287193
DenaliHwy027P5287194 ...and next to it was the solar panels for powering the batteries of the unit. DenaliHwy027P5287194
DenaliHwy028P5287196 When we got to the Denali National Park entrance area, one of the mountains had some great lighting. I had to try and get a shot of it. DenaliHwy028P5287196
DenaliHwy029P5287198 At a point along the road, near the Grizzly Bear Campground, there was a great stratigraphic section that was along the Nenana River. The thin darker layer at the lower right part of the section is actually a coal layer. DenaliHwy029P5287198
DenaliHwy030P5287201 From the same vantage point along the Parks Highway as the previous photo, I shot the same mountain that had some good lighting on it. DenaliHwy030P5287201
DenaliHwy031P5287202 The storm that was hitting the Denali Highway area, was also creating some turbulent lenticular clouds in the area. DenaliHwy031P5287202
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