so I am planning a backpacking trip to Denali in about three years. I was there last year doing day
hikes and I fell in love with the area. I have found very little information about good
backpacking areas, so I want to hear from people about what I have found and what I am interested in seeing,
since that affects what the feedback would be: I like views of glaciers and I want to backpack only two nights at the most.
I see two areas where I can go from what I barely know from the area:
(1) Polychrome glaciers in unit 8. Looks like a straighforward area to backpack in,
I guess the only thing is that you have to hike a few miles until you can set up tent so it can't be seen from the road.
But I don't know a route that is more interesting that other, or just get in, explore and see what happens.
(2) I saw a description of a route in unit 12 leaving Eielson, crossing into unit 13 via Contact and Wolverine Creeks
and then go into unit 18 for views of Muldrow Glacier.
I am not sure how long that route takes, if it is more that the 3 days that I want to backpack. I have the Waite's book and
I can see the Anderson Pass route that looks appealing (but he mentions it is difficult). I see that area is very popular.
So units like 31, 32, 33 (that I see people like a lot) are not appealing to me because I dont see glaciers to view in
those areas.
hikes and I fell in love with the area. I have found very little information about good
backpacking areas, so I want to hear from people about what I have found and what I am interested in seeing,
since that affects what the feedback would be: I like views of glaciers and I want to backpack only two nights at the most.
I see two areas where I can go from what I barely know from the area:
(1) Polychrome glaciers in unit 8. Looks like a straighforward area to backpack in,
I guess the only thing is that you have to hike a few miles until you can set up tent so it can't be seen from the road.
But I don't know a route that is more interesting that other, or just get in, explore and see what happens.
(2) I saw a description of a route in unit 12 leaving Eielson, crossing into unit 13 via Contact and Wolverine Creeks
and then go into unit 18 for views of Muldrow Glacier.
I am not sure how long that route takes, if it is more that the 3 days that I want to backpack. I have the Waite's book and
I can see the Anderson Pass route that looks appealing (but he mentions it is difficult). I see that area is very popular.
So units like 31, 32, 33 (that I see people like a lot) are not appealing to me because I dont see glaciers to view in
those areas.