{"id":3839,"date":"2014-08-18T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2014-08-18T06:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T10:00:06","slug":"maclaren-road-denali-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/maclaren-road-denali-highway\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Maclaren Road & Denali Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the continuation of our ramble along the Denali HWY.
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\n1. Early light on the Maclaren River.
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\n2. Meandering again…
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\nI previously told you that the Maclaren Road is virtually unused and that for good reason: there are some deep enough river crossing to stop many vehicles! But not VivaLaVida. Small sequence of a water crossing where the water reaches the top of the wheels of VLV.
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\n3. Engagings the four-wheel drive because there are large hidden rocks under the turbulent water.
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\n4. The nose in the water!
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\n5. Then the rear. The bumper is quite wet!
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\n6. Arrival on an island in midstream…
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\n7. … and output. One done!
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\n8. A little further, another beaver appropriated the road and turned it into a lake! After removing part of his dam to lower the level of two feet, VLV could cross it.
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\n9. Still further, the road has been totally washed out by a stream.
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\nReached the end of the road, we had to turn back a little frustrated, shrubs having resumed their rights and destroyed the path leading to the Maclaren Glacier. So we continued to West Denali HWY.
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\n10. The Sultina River, gorgeous in front of Clearwater Mountains.
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\n11. Bonndocking away from the Denali HWY.
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\n12. The sunset over the Alaska Range will be superb.
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\n13. Late-rays on peaks.
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\n14. Last light of sunset on Clearwater Mountains…
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\n15. … and on the Alaska Range.
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\n16. Dressed in red…
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\n17. Overview of the vastness that surrounds our camp. The Alaska Range is more than 45 miles away…
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\n18. Back on the road the next day, discovering beautiful rivers…
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\n19. … and still beautiful small lakes.
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\n20. Cloud diagonal…
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\n21. A hole in the clouds let us see Mount McKinley, over 100 miles away.
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\n22. Short break during a hike on the Wickersham Dome.
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\n23. The evening is thai dinner: red curry chicken and quinoa, yum!
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\nThe weather continuing to be unpredictable, we will remain north a few more days, fingers crossed to have beautiful conditions when we’ll go visit Denali National Park, August 20th to 24th, reservation forces…
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\nStay tuned for more to come in our stroll in handsome Alaska!
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