Tag: Caribou
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Alaska Big Five on May 5, 2024
We began our drive to Teklanika at 6 am, hoping to see wildlife. The day surpassed all expectations! The only easy wildlife siting was our first view of the large grizzly bear walking right down the road. We stopped and turned off the car, and he just kept getting closer and closer! About the time we…
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Day 7, Wildlife and Mountains
Today we drove from Fort St John to Toad River Lodge. All of our miles were within British Columbia, which is 1.5 times the size of Texas. We crossed the highest point on the Alcan (in the Canadian Rockies). In order today, we saw 4 mule deer, 1 marmot or groundhog (their ranges overlap here),…
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Day 8, Toad River to Pink Mountain
I woke up to a family of Trumpeter Swans 50 yards from our cabin at Toad River Lodge. So awesome! I watched them a long time while C slept in. The white parents and 3 grey cygnets fed together. The parents did a lot of the churning work while the cygnets and some opportunistic ducks…
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Caribou, Moose, and Dall Sheep
My parents and I took at least 7 transit bus rides during our 3 nights at Teklanika Campground (love the Tek Pass). We saw all of the Denali Big Five, including lots of caribou, lots of Dall sheep, and one moose. I was thrilled to see so many caribou and see some caribou females and…
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Adorable Porcupine, Week 12 in Healy
This adorable guy in Denali National Park had our vote for highlight of the day. Until we decided to drive out Stampede Road as well. Then this cooperative caribou with impressive antlers became the highlight of the day. It is early June and those antlers will keep growing for months! The scenery behind him is…
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Wildlife in and near Denali National Park
In 24 hours I saw 3 Moose, 3 Porcupines, 2 Caribou, 2 Dall sheep, and my first Harlequin ducks. We also saw lots of Ptarmigan & at least one Spruce grouse. I like living here. The ducks were strikingly gorgeous hanging out on the thawing river.
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Day Fifteen, Western Yukon to Delta Junction, AK
After a cold start (-14.5F, see winter boondock post), we crossed from Canada into the US. We made it to Alaska! Technically we ended today at the finish line of the Alaska Highway, Delta Junction. Five days of driving the Alcan through spectacular scenery and wildlife every day. The common, unofficial end is Fairbanks, which…
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Day Twelve, Watson Lake to Whitehorse
Seven caribou shortly after we started Day 3 of the Alaska Highway. Yesterday was our coldest morning, -9F and it didn’t warm up to over -6F for HOURS. Today it was +5F which was the warmest start in some time. More often than not we need to clear some snow from the truck. We always…
Me & C 