Treks & tours (vacation, planes, packages, rail)

[nepaltrekkingguide]

Hello every body,

I love the natural beauties,love to see snow capped mountains, caves, canions, water falls, deserted & semi deserted valleys & hills, green forest, river valleys,and canoeing in river & boating on lakes. I love to do treks & tours. I've done about 25 times treks to mt.everest base camp,annapurna base camp & other many mountains of Nepal & Tibet. Now I've a big dream to see mountains around Alaska,USA.

[allforcats]

Sounds like fun.
Do you have a question?

[nepaltrekkingguide]

Hi allforcats,I am interested to know that what is the highest mountain in Alaska,USA where I can trek? Would be good help to know it,

[allforcats]

The highest mountain in Alaska is called Denali (de-NAH-lee), or the English-language name is Mt. McKinley.

Denali is 6,195m high. His head is in the jet stream, and he creates his own weather. In the native language, "Denali" means "The High One". He is extremely beautiful, powerful and formidable. I have met Denali, and I love him.
Mount McKinley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Denali Basecamp Mt McKinley Alaska

You miight find this particularly interesting:
Himalayan Sherpa Treks & Expeditions, Seattle - Kathmandu - Mt. McKinley (http://himalayansherpa.com/mt.-mckinley/ - broken link)

An interesting day-by-day report:
Craig van Hoy's Featured Climbs&Treks - Mt. McKinely (http://www.gotrek.com/trips/featured/2004_MtMcKinley.htm - broken link)


Here are some trek resources:

Climb Mt. Mckinley With Alaska Denali Guiding - McKinley Expeditions - Hiking - Climbing

Denali Mount McKinley Guided Climbing Expedition with Alpine Ascents International

Denali Alpine Wilderness Trek | denali | mt. mckinley | alaska backpacking | trekking | wildlife | alaska range | talkeetna | floatplane

[Dd714]

The links provided probably give you lots of information. This is my advice, having been to both Nepal and Alaska (although short of base camp at each locations):

I don't think you can really "trek" to Denali as most climbers take a plane to the base camp. After that the climb becomes technical - but if I am not mistaken you are just interested in hiking/treking not mountain climbing, the base of Everest is not covered by developed trails. Most serious hikers also take planes to the more remote areas to hike in, some of which have never been walked over by humans. It makes for a breathtaking experience, but you have to be seriously self-reliant and well prepared with the proper equipment. The main difference is, on the trails in Nepal, you have many villages, lodges, etc. In Alaska you will be on your own, you have to carry your own food and shelter. No villages, no people, sometimes no trails. Use of pack animals is rare and hiring people to carry the loads (Sherpa's) is almost unheard of.

The season is short, you don't have the high altitudes of Nepal, except very near Denali, but you have a long winter. Tundra walking is not easy, particularly in the spring when the ground is still wet. It's like walking on a sponge. You may need to ford fast flowing rivers. Medium altitudes (2,000 meters and above) may be snow covered all year.

You may be walking in national park (particularly around Denali) or other national or state controlled land and may need certain permits to camp. You certainly need that in Denali National Park, which I have hiked.

You also have wildlife - bears, etc. Carrying a rifle is not unheard of and a necessity in some areas.

So keep that under consideration. Treking in Nepal was amazing, but I wouldn't call it wilderness. I was amazed at the number of little villages in the mountains. In Alaska you have none of that - just wilderness.

Namaste