点评:On a group trip to Alaska for the first time we hit all the usual suspects.
I knew to do the bus ride if we wanted to see the big wildlife from my previous experience (see that insanely detailed review below) though my previous trip was pre rock slide. I was also curious as to what it would be like now.
While we did see some big wildlife still (moose, caribou, bears), it was not in nearly the quantity or as close as it had been before. Everything was crazy far away.
During my prerock slide trip, animals in quite the number hung out near the road with no thought about it. Also, in other preslide reviews, you will find this was also the case.
When I discussed it with the driver, he told me that I was correct in my observation and that it was because of the construction trucks. He said they constantly speed down the road at all hours, ignoring the speed limits, distributing and endangering the wildlife and thus causing said wildlife to retreat and stay away from the road. He was very upset about it.
We even first hand witnessed one of the trucks loudly racing by towards the end of our tour, which was the last one of the day (and which had been the catalyst for the conversation).
Due to the cost and time commitment, if Denali National Park is on your Alaska bingo card, I would wait until a few months after construction ends before making the trek (so you can go much farther down the road and to give the animals a chance to return).
As of now, construction is slated to be completed sometime in midsummer 2026.
Alaska isn't cheap so I'd wait to go until Summer 2027.
翻译:在第一次去阿拉斯加的集体旅行中,我们遇到了所有常见的情况。
根据我之前的经历,我知道如果我们想看大型野生动物,就必须乘坐巴士(见下面那篇极其详细的评论),尽管我之前的旅行是在山体滑坡之前。我也很好奇现在会是什么样子。
虽然我们确实还看到了一些大型野生动物(驼鹿、驯鹿、熊),但数量和距离都远不及以前。一切都太遥远了。
在我山体滑坡前的旅行中,相当多的动物在路边闲逛,没有多想。此外,在其他山体滑坡前的评论中,你也会发现这种情况。
当我和司机讨论这件事时,他告诉我我的观察是正确的,这是因为施工卡车。他说他们一直在路上加速,无视速度限制,分散和危及野生动物,从而导致野生动物撤退并远离道路。他对此非常不满。
我们甚至在游览即将结束时亲眼目睹了一辆卡车轰隆隆地驶过,这是当天的最后一辆卡车(也是我们谈话的催化剂)。
由于成本和时间投入,如果德纳利国家公园在你的阿拉斯加宾果卡上,我会等到施工结束几个月后再徒步前往(这样你就可以走得更远,让动物有机会回来)。
截至目前,施工计划于 2026 年仲夏某个时候完成。
阿拉斯加并不便宜,所以我会等到 2027 年夏天再去。