From: "Ken Waller"
he photo permits for professionals in Denali are severely restricted and
not available to all that apply.
There is only one two lane road, around 90 miles long, in Denali and most of
the road traffic is for the park run tour busses. In some places there is
absolutely no place for a vehicle to park off road. The pros that do get
permits are restricted to having their vehicles off the road during specific
hours.
In the off season the park road is open for a short time to Alaska residents
and their vehicles.
The restrictions are aimed at motor vehicles, not photographers. The
professionals are not permitted to drive off road either; only to go
beyond the gate at mile 15. It's basically a concession to allow the
winners of the lottery to carry more equipment than you can fit into one
bag & a tripod.
You can go every place the pros can go riding the park bus. You are
limited by the physical dimensions of what you can carry on the bus, but
they don't restrict what you can photograph with the equipment you are
physically able to carry.
The fall road permit lottery is open to everyone ... you don't even have
to be US citizen.
But you have to know to apply during the month of June. Most of the fall
permits go to Alaska residents because they're right there at the park
and more of them know when to apply for the lottery.
I looked at this year's published list for the first day and only 46 of
the 400 winners were from out of state and it looked like 90% of the
winners were from Anchorage.
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