Denali National Park past MILE 15! (Camping at Teklanika River, riding the bus, & off trail hiking)

For our second adventure in Denali National Park we explored miles 15-43. We camped at the Teklanika River Campground, which was a great home base to hope on the park busses and check out more of the park. We rode the bus to mile 43 (as far as the busses go this year) and walked the remaining part of the road to the road closure, which was SO beautiful, plus enjoyed campfire meals and coffee by the river, and went for our first ever off trail hike!

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Reserve a campsite at the Teklanika River Campground: https://www.reservedenali.com/camping/camping-experience/#teklanika
See the park bus schedule and get tickets: https://www.reservedenali.com/tours-transits/transits/transit-information/

⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Heading to the Teklanika River Campground
00:55 Oops, we made a mistake
01:28 Let’s try this again…heading to the Teklanika River Campground
03:02 Our campsite at Teklanika
04:06 The rules for camping at Teklanika
04:56 How to ride the park busses
05:45 Heading onto the bus to mile 43!
06:31 Our experience walking around East Fork to the road closure
11:55 Visiting Denali with a dog
13:00 Campfire cookin’ + our thoughts on the Teklanika River Campground
14:46 Slow morning at Teklanika
15:28 Going for our first ever off trail hike!
22:14 Heading back to Teklanika on the bus
22:31 Our final night at Teklanika + final thoughts
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