Our first view of Mt. McKinley - I mean, Denali.
One surprise about Denali National Park is that you can't really see the mountain from that immediate area. The best views of Denali actually come when you're at a distance to it. As we took our bus ride to the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali came into view as a white-capped mountain surrounded by other, darker, mountains. it occurred to me that, just like the Grand Canyon appears as a canyon of canyons, Denali looms as a mountain among mountains!
We loved our time at Mt. McKinley Lodge! We wished we had more than one night to spend there. Perhaps part of that feeling is because we were upgraded to a suite(!) (I think someone may have been feeling bad about our poor experience at Denali.) But even beyond that, the hotel had a rugged charm to it of the classic "western lodges" that you associate with National Parks. Even though we never quite got an unobscured view of Denali (most visitors don't), there were a lot of nice touches to being here.
I asked at the front desk and was told that these are indeed authentic antlers on the doors.
We ate a couple of our meals at the main restaurant, 20320 Alaskan Grill, named in honor of the elevation of the mountain.
The suite was great, and our time at the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge was a lot of fun!
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