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Wonderful Denali Park, Alaska	Photo Details Available Sizes:   16" x 20" Unframed, unmatted  $149* 16" x 20" Matted to  20" x 24"  $199* 16" x 20" Matted & Framed to 20" x 24" $325* (Signed & numbered in limited edition of 250) *Plus $5.00 shipping and handling, in the continental United States Order:  Order@photoducoeur.com

At the very end of Denali Park, Alaska, is a group of privately held parcels of land that is called Kantishna.  This land was grand fathered into Kantishna when Denali became a National Park.  They were Grand fathered in because they were all active Goldmines and as long as they stayed as goldmines, they would stay as part of the land called Kantishna. 

Now all of the Kantishna land owners have honored that commitment to be gold miners, but most of them have found other ways to make money.  Some have opened Bed and Breakfasts, and others have opened fancy Hotels.  The people I stayed with were called Alpenglow Tours. 

Alpenglow was not a bed and breakfast or a hotel.  It was a campsite, with very primitive tents, and out buildings.  I loved it! 

Between the end of the road, which is far as the park service buses take you, and where Kantishna is, is Wonder Lake.  Every night we took a ride up to this spot and just took in the “Wonder”. 

This image was taken at a quarter to midnight.  Since we are in the land of the midnight sun, you can see the warm hue of the sun casting its color on the base of Mt. McKinley.  This overcast situation is common.  Mt. McKinley is over 22,000 feet, and is so big; it makes its own weather systems.  Less than 6% of the visitors to Alaska get to see the top of Mt. McKinley.