America’s Untamed Frontier: Alaska

Indagare’s Sasha Feldman revels in the boundless wilderness of one of the world’s epic adventure destinations.

I am one of just ten people sleeping in mountains that sit, imposingly, within the six million acres that make up Denali National Park. From the comfort of my room, I look out at the jagged, snow-covered peak of Mt. Denali. It's the highest peak on the continent and looks gentle—peaceful even. But I've heard otherwise, in stories about the great mountaineers who've attempted to summit ...