We just got back from another 5-day trip up to Denali National Park and Preserve and wow, did we ever hit the jack-pot this trip. We had pretty heavy rain on the 5-hour drive up, but it tapered off just as we got to the park. The weather just kept getting better and better after we got to the Teklanika campground inside the park and then spent three full days riding the shuttle buses and mountain biking the park road.

Completely unexpected was the incredible weather we had on Wednesday when Denali was out completely in all her glory. She really outdid herself on this trip. She was out again on Thursday as well.

And of course, we had to have some excitement with bears while mountain biking the park road. Because of the continued limited number of green transit buses that are running this year because of COVID, we did quite a bit more uphill pedaling that we have in the past. Devany got a new ebike and she smokes me going up any hills, but for the first time, we biked up and over Sable Pass and biked up and over Highway Pass from Stoney Dome to Toklat.

Not a huge number of bears out and about this trip, but we did have one just a bit too close for comfort encounter while we were on the bikes, and one WAY too close encounter, but luckily the bear barely paid us any attention. Definitely got the adrenaline going though.

So come along for the ride. As per my usual, way too many photos. If you mouse over the photos a caption below will tell the story.