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Look at all those happy dog faces! One thing is ce

Look at all those happy dog faces! One thing is certain—these dogs love to run. Do you want to learn how to run a team of sled dogs with us this spring? Contact us to plan a private and custom trip—specifically designed for you—this spring in the Denali area.
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Early summer. The landscape transforms overnight

Early summer.
The landscape transforms overnight to a vibrant green hue, colorful wildflowers emerge from the tundra, and the rays of sunlight shine all night long.
Would you like to join us this year?
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We’ve been lucky enough to view a lynx numerous

We’ve been lucky enough to view a lynx numerous times this winter in the Denali area. Any guesses as to why we’re seeing the elusive lynx more often lately?
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“I think of two landscapes: one outside the self

“I think of two landscapes: one outside the self, the other within.
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The external landscape is the one we see-not only the line and color of the land and its shading at different times of the day, but also its plants and animals in season, its weather, its geology… Perhaps a black-throated sparrow lands in a paloverde bush… the smell of the creosote bush….all elements of the land, and what I mean by “the landscape.”
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The second landscape I think of is an interior one, a kind of projection within a person of a part of the exterior landscape. Relationships in the exterior landscape include those that are named and discernible, such as the nitrogen cycle, or a vertical sequence of Ordovician limestone, and others that are uncodified or ineffable, such as winter light falling on a particular kind of granite, or the effect of humidity on the frequency of a blackpoll warbler’s burst of song….
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The shape and character of these relationships in a person’s thinking, I believe, are deeply influenced by where on this earth one goes, what one touches, the patterns one observes in nature- the intricate history of one’s life in the land, even a life in the city, where wind, the chirp of birds, the line of a falling leaf, are known. These thoughts are arranged, further, according to the thread of one’s moral, intellectual, and spiritual development.
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The interior landscape responds to the character and subtlety of an exterior landscape; the shape of the individual mind is affected by land as it is by genes."
― Barry López, “Crossing Open Ground”
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2020 Highlights: Getting outside safely with trave

2020 Highlights: Getting outside safely with travelers.
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This year was different in so many ways, however safety has always—and continues to be—a top priority for us. Whether exploring in the backcountry for multiple days, or front-country day hikes, or driving on a main highway, safety is always on our minds.
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In 2020 we did not guide as many people as a typical year of course, however we made adjustments such as people driving their own private group in a separate car, and keeping at least 6 feet distance when outside. We’ll see what the next year brings, but whatever it is, safety is always on our minds.
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This photo was captured pre-covid. Although in winter with buffs and face coverings to stay warm, we were following covid protocol before it was a thing!
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We have so much fun hiking and learning with activ

We have so much fun hiking and learning with active families! Photo from a Private, Custom Full-Day Adventure on the tundra in the Denali area. We spent the day hiking, learning about the flora and fauna, and even stumbled upon a caribou shed along our hike away from crowds and maintained trails. Contact us to customize a private trip for you and your loved ones next year!
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