Denali protects six million acres of subarctic wilderness around the highest peak on the continent, “the High One,” at 6,190 m. A single ribbon of road runs into the interior; private vehicles are limited, so the park stays wild — grizzlies, caribou, Dall sheep, and wolves with the mountain looming behind.
It’s our first taste of the scale that defines the whole northern leg: country so big the road feels like a thread laid across it.
