Take the bus tour. I drove the road once in 1971 before they started limiting private vehicles and have taken the bus tour four times since then. Take the bus tour.
I have seen the mountain every time I have been there and have seen about every type of animal except wolves and wolverines.
Take the bus tour.
We also enjoyed a river trip in a jet boat up to a gold panning camp on one trip.
I don't know how you are getting to the park, but you can get better views of the mountain on the highway from Anchorage than you can on the rail road from Anchorage.
