| A
hundred miles north of Anchorage, Talkeetna has a palpable small-town
Alaska feel:
rumor has it that this eclectic
hamlet was the model for Cicely in TV's Northern Exposure , but
to its credit Talkeetna doesn't use this as tour-bus bait. The town
is lent an international flavor by the world's mountaineers, who
come
here to scale the 20,320-foot Mount McKinley , which in Alaska
is usually
referred to by its original Athabascan name of Denali , "the Great
One." Whatever you choose to call it, North America's highest
mountain rises from 2000ft lowlands, making it the world's tallest
from base to peak (Everest et al rise from high terrain).
Though
central to Denali National Park the mountain is best seen from
Talkeetna, where the overlook just south of town reveals the
peak's transcendent white glow, in sharp contrast to the warm colors
all
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