The only way to do a day trip into Denali National Park is to ride a tour bus. We resigned ourselves to a non-birding day and enjoyed the mammals (Brown (Grizzly) Bear, Moose, Dall Sheep, Arctic Ground Squirrel, Pika) and the scenery. Gyrfalcon could have been a birding highlight, but a traditional nest site was not occupied this year.
Denali itself (aka Mt. McKinley) is often hidden in clouds but at the end of a long dusty bus ride we finally got a glimpse of it, at a distance of 30 miles. I think the actual peak is the white mountain just visible over the black mountain at the left.
