When the Clouds Parted Over Denali

In 2019, backpacker Sarah Chen spent eleven days hiking through Denali National Park without ever seeing the mountain. Clouds hung low and thick over the Alaska Range the entire trip. Then, on her final morning, she unzipped her tent at 5:00 a. m. and the entire sky had cleared. Denali stood there — 20,310 feet of white granite and ice, blazing pink in the early light.…