Denali: Trip into Teklanika Campground 08/07/2009
On the morning of 08/07/2009, we drove the 30 miles into Denali National park to the Teklanika Campground, where we would stay for three nights. Once we reached the campground, we could not use our car except to return to the park entrance. We has a TEK shuttle bus pass that gave us a reserved seat on a 1st morning tour bus to end of park – Kantishna, some 90 miles into park. The pass also allowed us to ride a shuttle bus anywhere in the park for those 3 days. We could get on and off as often as we wanted.
When we got up, the weather was cloudy with low lying fog. It began to clear as we got going.
We stopped for short hikes to Horseshoe Lake and another to an old cabin.
When we got to the TEK campground, we found the campsites fairly private with excellent views of the surrounding mountains. After we set up, we went for a walk along the Teklanika Riverbed behind the campground.