• Image of Mount McKinley and the Alaska Range

    Denali

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

Park Rangers, and others

Did You Know?

Moose may appreciate an increase in woody vegetation

Warmer average temperatures over several decades have resulted in expansion of woody vegetation. If this warming trend continues, it will change Alaska's ecosystems and drastically alter the physical appearance of Denali's landscape, as treeline marches higher up the mountains.