Dog sled demo in Denali

Denali National Park has 6 million acres!!! That is a lot of land. The only way you can see the park is by bus, and there is only 1 road through the park. There are no maintained hiking trails. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was great. You buy a ticket to a destination, and you can get off anywhere along the way, then jump on the next bus and off when you want again. You can only go as far as you purchase and then you head back. The first 15 miles of the park you can drive in your own car and there are trails, but not as much to see.

One of the activities for kids was a dog sled demo. In the winter the road is not plowed so they patrol the park by dogsled teams. We road the bus to the dog sled demo. Here are the boys petting one of the females.

The dogs were all very friendly. The boys enjoyed getting to pet all of them.

Isn't this sweet. This was Everest's favorite dog. He liked hanging out with the dogs so much, we decided to hike to the kennel area the last day. We got within sight of it and Everest had a slight meltdown so we turned around and went back.

This is the rangers hooking the dogs up for the demo. I don't know if you can see, but all the dogs are standing on their houses. They were all so excited to get picked. It was fun to see their energy, they LOVE to run.

Here comes the sled. They were flying around the corner and then the 2 lead dogs got into an argument, no big deal, they just tried to run each other off the trail. It was interesting to hear about the dog sleds, how and why they use them and the history of the dog sled. The talk was a little long (30 minutes) for Leaf, but when we tried to leave the stands, the dogs went nuts, so we stayed where we were.