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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (4744) | Denali. Ah, Denali ... What a park, what a thrill. There are only few places in the world which I would visit twice in my life, but Denali is on top of that list.
On this picture you can also see the park road winding through the rough terrain. Two hikers on the road are dwarfed by Mt McKinley. The park road is 92 miles long and the only road in a wilderness consisting of a whopping 6 million acres of Interior Alaska.
Denali features the highest peak in Northern America; Mt McKinley (locals still call it Mt Denali).
And because I believe in the saying: "what you see is what you get", Mt McKinley is actually higher than Mt Everest!
At 20,320 ft the peak of 'The Great One' is almost 4 miles high, but what makes it stunning is that it rises with an elevation of just 2,000 ft. From the Park road you'll see 18,000 ft of rock, snow and glacier reaching for the sky. In contrast Mt Everest, the world's highest mountain at 29,028 ft, rises only 11,000 ft from the lofty Tibetan Plateau.
Mt Mckinley is not visible for the first 15 miles from the park entrance and is covered in clouds two out of every three days. We were lucky to see it uncovered.
Did I already tell you that if you need a reason to go to Alaska, Denali is it? Well, words really can't decribe how fantastic this place is. With three times the size of Yellowstone this park boasts an enormous number of wild animals.
All information from: Lonely Planet, Alaska, 8th edition, April 2006.
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