2023 Vacation Planner - Flipbook - Page 22
WINTER
VISITATION
While most of the hotels, restaurants and
activities close from mid-September to midMay, Denali is still open in the winter months!
Opportunities for aurora viewing, snowshoeing
and cross-country skiing are all abundant.
The community of Healy, 12 miles
north of the entry to Denali National Park &
Preserve, hosts year-round accommodations,
restaurants and a full-service grocery store.
Part of your adventure can include a mere 4.5
hours of daylight (around the winter solstice
in December), sub-zero temperatures (as low
as -40 are possible from November to March)
and the beauty of freshly fallen snow as far
as the eye can see. Because our community is
so rural, and has no street lighting, the aurora
awaits simply by turning off the porch lights
and stepping outside.
For those unused to winter driving, we are
happy to provide recommendations for
rental vehicles with 4-wheel drive and winter
tires, day tours or the winter season train
schedule. Learn
more at: www.
discoverdenali.org/
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