One of my college roommates came to visit back in August and one of the first things we did was go for a hike in the park. Mt. Margaret is about 15 miles into the park, just on the other side of the Savage River. A fairly easy hike with great views of Denali and the Alaska Range plus a very good possibility of seeing the prized Dall sheep up close and personal :)
Fall colors were just starting to make their appearance.
It was a gorgeous day...Denali was booming!
Lindsey and I hung down low, she was 5+ months pregnant when they visited, while her husband, Aaron, went for the summit and the sheep.
Looking south at the AK Range.
With time to scour the surrounding area, we spotted a grizzly bear in the shrubs on the other side of the drainage from us. It was very fun to just hang out and watch it graze on berries.
Aaron taking a breather once he met back up with us. He did see some big rams pretty close while on top.
We got to see a solo caribou and moose with twin calves on the way back to the car.
Driving out of the park we saw a few big bull moose. It was rutting season while they were here and big bulls like this come back to this same spot every year to compete for dominance and females.
This guy seems to have the biggest rack, but is he tough enough?
We thought we were going to get to see some action between these two but nothing ever happened.
Another beautiful day in the park! Thank you guys so much for coming to visit! We had a blast!
Gorgeous pictures as always. I especially love those first couple. What beautiful colors! Looks like you had beautiful weather to be enjoying those colors in too! :)
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