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Backpacking in Denali National Park, Alaska
This National Park was first established in 1917. It is around 9,492.2 sq. miles in size. (For reference, New Hampshire is 9,351 sq. miles big.) This amazing park is home to over 120 different species of birds and over 35 different kinds of mammals. It is also home to Denali, the tallest mountain in North America at 20,308 feet! Usually you have to drive up to Denali to submit you itinerary for backpacking before they will even consider giving you a permit to backpack in the National Park. This year, due to COVID, they put the whole thing online, making it a lot easier to attempt to get a permit.…
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Hiking Resurrection Pass
The Resurrection Pass trail is just over 38 miles long. The elevation changes from 500-2600 feet. One end of the trail is located near Hope, (about 2 hours outside of Anchorage), and the other is in Cooper Landing, due south. The hike (if you do the whole thing) is a point-to-point hike, not an out and back hike. If you plan on doing this hike you will either need to have someone pick you up once you get to the other side, or you will need a car at each trailhead. We did the hike in 5 days and 4 nights. Itinerary Day 1: We started at the parking lot…