McKinley Explorer, Alaska 1st June 2023

We were sad to leave Denali National Park as we could have spent longer hiking the trails, but this morning we boarded the McKinley Explorer railroad for a nine hour journey down to Anchorage.  The train was very comfortable and all the seats were upstairs with 360 degree views thanks to the glass dome roof.  This is a tourist train so it travelled very slowly to allow time for photos and soaking up the amazing scenery.  The weather wasn't perfect and again we had snow and rain along the way but this made the scenery all the more dramatic.  Each carriage had a restaurant downstairs and we had breakfast and lunch down there.  Downstairs also gave access to the outside deck at the back (and luckily we were the rear carriage so this was easy).  We did see wildlife along the way but obviously the train doesn't stop so you had to be prepared and lucky with your camera.