Denali Sunset - Pueo Gallery

Denali Sunset

Regular price $0.00 Unit price per

I shared this view with exactly zero people, and one huge bear...though he seemed more interested in a squirrel dinner than the nice light. Being alone in a landscape that is this vast and huge and incredible makes a person feel pretty small in the grand scheme of things!

Denali has had an interesting history with its name. The original Native American name Koyukan name 'Deenaalee' means tall one or great one, which makes sense with its peak at 20,237 feet. During the gold rush, it was renamed Mt McKinley after president William McKinley. Recently (and hopefully finally) in 2015 President Obama returned its name to 'Denali'. 

Not to stray too far from my Maui theme, there are only three mountains taller than Denali if you measure from the bottom of the ocean. One of those is? You guessed it, Haleakala!