Denali National Park and Preserve in Denali Borough, Alaska — Northwest (North America)

Ice Age Hunters

The Deadliest Predators

Photographed by Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013

1. Ice Age Hunters Marker

Inscription.
High above river valleys, at overlooks like this, Denali’s first human visitors watch for mammoth, giant bison, and caribou. Ridge tops made the best game launching platforms; herds tend to follow sheltered stream corridors.

Hunters had to be expert, deadly; the climate was too harsh for year-round edible plants. Caribou fur made the warmest clothing. Its microscopically hollow hairs are a natural insulator.

While they waited the hunters made knives and repaired and sharpened weapons - archaeologist have discovered spear points, chipped blades, in stone cutting holders. The evidence is scant but datable: 10,000 years ago these nomadic hunters - descendants of people who crossed the Bering land bridge – followed caribou trails through Denali.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 63° 43.56′ N, 149° 24.977′ W. Marker is in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, in Denali Borough. It is on Park Road. Located at a rest stop along the Park Road

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in the Denali Nation Park, Park Road is closed to private vehicles. To reach this marker you can take one of the parks busses or an authorized tour bus, or hike in. See the Denali Nation Park web site for more information. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Healy AK 99743, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Alaska Railroad Corridor,

in the Athabascan Region,

and in Interior Alaska.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Pacific Rim,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Russian Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Road to Wildness (approx. 4.7 miles away); Wilderness Guardians (approx. 4.7 miles away); Step to the Wild Side (approx. 4.8 miles away); Against the Wind (approx. 4.8 miles away); Denali National Park and Preserve (approx. 4.8 miles away); Living, Breathing History (approx. 4.8 miles away).

Also see . . . Denali National Park. "Denali is

Close up of the Ice Age Hunters Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013

2. Close up of the Ice Age Hunters Marker

six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road. Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tundra and snowy mountains, culminating in North America's tallest peak, 20,320' Mount McKinley. Wild animals large and small roam unfenced lands, living as they have for ages. Solitude, tranquility and wilderness await." Source NPS web site (Submitted on October 26, 2013, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)

Additional keywords. hunter-gatherers, nomads

Photographed by Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013

3. Ice Age Hunters Marker

The River valley image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Byron Hooks, September 3, 2013

4. The River valley

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2013, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 896 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 26, 2013, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.