Tag: Alaska Wildlife
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Denali and Wildlife, Healy Week One 2024
We have been back in Healy one week and have gone into Denali as far as Mountain Vista 3 times. We saw The Mountain (and lots of beautiful lesser mountains). Yesterday we watched a mostly white Ptarmagin walk along a gravel bar, and saw a moose grazing then lie down. Today we saw fresh tracks…
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Day 10, Arrived in Healy April 13
The forecast and rumors led us to believe we would have bad weather and sketchy roads today, but once again our luck held. While we woke to a dusting of new snow and had a few flurries on the drive, the roads were great until the last 2 miles and passable right to our door.…
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Alaska in July
I had an incredible July in 2023. In June I was still figuring out how to best visit Denali National Park and see the wildlife there. August was focused on fishing. July was my best wildlife viewing, the World Eskimo Indian Olympics, lots of wildflowers, and the beginning of berries and fishing. Before pondering the…
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Alaska in June
If you love moose calves, June is a great month to visit Alaska. Spend several days visiting Denali National Park in June and you are almost guaranteed to see moose calves with their mothers. Click the links for additional moose calf photos in earlier posts: https://roaming-nature.com/2023/06/08/wildlife-babies-iii/ https://roaming-nature.com/2023/05/30/wildlife-babies-ii-denali-national-park/ In Interior Alaska snow will be gone from…
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Alaska in August
C and I think August is the best month for sportfishing as we enjoy fishing for silver salmon (coho). https://roaming-nature.com/2023/08/15/long-weekend-with-coho-count/ If you want to fish and visit Denali National Park, spend several days (or more) in Southern Alaska to fish, then head north for several days (or more) in Denali. We ate a lot of salmon…
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Day 5, Valdez to Beaver Creek, YT
We were on the Alcan Highway by mid-afternoon and are in Canada tonight. We drove in sun, snow, rain and clouds. The snow wasn’t sticking, so road conditions were much better than our March trip to Alaska. We saw a lot of swans. The white adults were always in pairs with 2 per pond. The…
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Days 3 and 4, Valdez
We are spending 3 nights in Valdez. September 23 and 24 we slept in both mornings, lovely. Two more beautiful days with sunshine and negligible rain. We watched wildlife near the fish hatchery – sea lions, black bears, sea otters, seals, and bald eagles. I hiked out Dock Point Trail and looked at the…
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Day Two, Palmer to Valdez
Beautiful day! It was shockingly sunny, barely rained at all. The scenery was gorgeous – snowcapped mountains, sparkling rivers, shimmering waterfalls. We saw various stages of fall color throughout the day, often brilliant yellow, but sometimes all green and sometimes past peak. We stopped for two glaciers. The Matanuska is a relatively stable glacier that…
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Day One, Healy to Palmer
It was snowing in Healy our last morning. The night before we saw the above bull moose in Denali National Park. What an awesome Alaskan summer we have had! Now it is time to meander back to Virginia, by way of Valdez for one last fishing trip. The mountains were beautiful with their fresh snow,…
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Perky Pikas
I worked hard to see my first pika back in July. The two this week were much more cooperative! I was even able to quietly run get C who was looking for sheep, come back, and watch one who was still busily harvesting and eating vegetation. These little rabbit relatives are so cute as they…
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