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Denali Uncomplicated: The Savage Alpine Trail

Posted on October 9, 2023, 3:39 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
A single road penetrates Denali National Park. While it is 92 miles long, only the first 15 miles are paved and open to personal vehicles. If I was to hike only one trail along that section, the Alpine Savage Trail would be my clear choice. Until the summer of 2026, it is also the best […]
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Picturing the Top of North America

Posted on March 2, 2016, 5:02 pm, by QT Luong, under Recollections.
The huge cliffs of Yosemite are what brought me to California, however, compared to the more northern, and therefore more glaciated Alps, the California mountains didn’t seem that big nor impressive. In the spring of 1993, a few months after arriving in California, I therefore set my sights on Mt McKinley – the official name […]
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Photographing the Aurora in Alaska

Posted on May 2, 2012, 11:41 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Last winter, I traveled from March 12 to March 23 with my friend Regis Vincent to Alaska to seek the Aurora Borealis, also called Northern Lights. Since this was my first attempt, I sought to maximize chances of seeing the Aurora: Auroral activity is strongest slightly above the Polar Circle, which in North America is […]
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Photo spot 2: Denali National Park – Wonder Lake

Posted on December 3, 2009, 2:11 am, by QT Luong, under National Parks Photo Spots.
Autumn comes to Denali National Park between the last week of August and the first week of September. During this time, the entire tundra floor (almost the whole landscape) turns shades of yellow and red. This is my favorite time to be in the Alaska interior (except for high-altitude mountaineering where conditions are better in […]
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