Unfocus the Eyes

Denali is unlike nearly every other National Park in that it is considered a "trail-less" park; that is, the majority of the park has no designated or maintained paths and visitors are informed not to walk in single file lines, so that unofficial "social trails" are not created. But the landscape is littered with passages, for those who know how to see them. These are game trails, created by bear knocking through the willow thickets; or caribou and sheep carving out narrow ledges on steep scree slopes. Sometimes they appear from nowhere and return just as quickly-- but often if you just stop searching so intently, if you learn to unfocus your eyes and "see" instead of looking, it is right there in front of you. These paths are gateways to wildlife and the only roads through true wilderness.