Denali National Park Scenic Tour

Savage River Loop

Highest Peak in North America

Denali is the highest peak in North America, 20,310'.  Below are excerpts from poet John Haines.  He is an Alaskan poet who is described as one of the best nature writers.

Ice Child

By John Haines (1924-2011)

Cold for so long, unable to speak,

yet your mouth seems framed

on a cry, or a stifled question.

Who placed you here, and left you

to this lonely eternity of ash and ice,

and himself returned to the dust.

fields, the church and the temple?

Was it God--the sun-god of the Incas,

the imperial god of the Spaniards?

Or only the priests of that god,

self-elected---voice of the volcano

that speaks once in a hundred years...

Under the weight of this mountain-

once a god, now only restless stone,

we find your interrupted life,

placed here among the trilobites

and shells, so late unearthed.

Denali

It was a clear day and Denali was in it's glory.  A complete view of the mountain with no clouds obstructing the view.  We were extremely lucky!  Denali has only one road, and one road entrance.  It is 92 miles long and runs from east to west.  It is a scenic road made mostly of dirt and gravel.  It starts in a low and rises and falls through mountain passes.  We saw bears in the distance as well as moose and other wild animals.

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