It took us about four hours to drive from Wasilla to Seward on a beautiful spring day, and what a day it was. Not a hint of cloud anywhere, deep blue sky silhouetted the south eastern horizon across the Palmer Hay flats as we drove south that morning. The jagged Pioneer Peak with its upper [...]

When traveling to Denali you have three options.  You can drive a car; take the Denali Motorcoach, or the Alaska Railroad.  All three have advantages, but for the whole experience of the scenic drive we recommend the Motorcoach to Denali and the Railroad from the park.  With these two options you don’t have to worry [...]

We stayed at the Denali Backcountry Lodges last summer.  It was breathtakingly beautiful, and had all the amenities of home, minus the noisy neighbors.  We were just 95 miles into the park but if felt like we were in another country.  The sheer wildness of Denali National Park was wonderful.  We had moose come within [...]

Last summer I touched the Alyeska Pipeline. I didn’t even know it was possible. Alaska Denali Tours made it happen though. My kids and I started in Anchorage, took in the sites and went to the Saturday Market down town. After Anchorage we boarded the Motorcoach and headed to Denali. After a night there, enjoying [...]