Trail Ridge Road Through Rocky Mountain National Park Is Open
Snowplows have enabled the opening of Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
- By Compiled From N... - June 2nd, 2024 2:30am
Joshua Tree National Park Proposing Campground Fee Increases
The National Park Service at Joshua Tree National Park in California is proposing to increase the cost of camping in the high desert park.
- By Compiled From N... - June 2nd, 2024 2:30am
Summer Events Scheduled At Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania National Military Park
A stop this summer at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia can provide some insights into the Civil War battles that raged across this landscape.
One Stranded Denali Climber Dead, The Other Rescued
One of two climbers stranded near the roof of Denali National Park died about two days before climbing rangers were able to reach the snow cave they were huddled in struggling with hypothermia, though the other was taken off the mountain early Friday.
- By Compiled From N... - May 31st, 2024 2:37pm
Fire Restrictions In Place At Sequoia And Kings Canyon National Parks
Summer hasn't even arrived yet fire restrictions have been put into place at Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks in California.
- By Compiled From N... - May 31st, 2024 12:56pm
White-Nose Syndrome Turns Up At Carlsbad Cavern National Park
White-nose syndrome, a disease often fatal to bats, has turned up in Carlsbad Cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico.
- By NPT Staff - May 31st, 2024 2:30am
On The Ground On The Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Somewhere in the ten miles from the visitor center at Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in St. Paul, Minnesota, across the river to Minneapolis, I crossed an invisible line. It would have risen like a wall of ice, perhaps a mile high, just 15,000 years ago – a line demarcating the extent of the last glaciation.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 31st, 2024 2:30am
Stranded Denali Climbers Hunkered Down In Snow Cave Awaiting Rescue
Two climbers, exhausted and battling hypothermia, remained stuck Thursday high on Denali where they were awaiting rescue in a "crude snow cave." Climbing rangers from Denali National Park were awaiting a break in the weather at a high camp at 17,200 feet on the 20,310-foot mountain, roughly 2,400 feet below the stranded climbers.
- By Compiled From N... - May 30th, 2024 2:34pm
Rocky Mountain National Park Sticking With Timed-Entry Reservations Plan
The use of timed-entry reservations to enter Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado during the busiest months of the year has been made permanent by park officials.
- By Compiled From N... - May 30th, 2024 1:29pm
Two Climbers Stranded On Denali By Frostbite, Hypothermia, A Third Airlifted Off
Two climbers were stranded Wednesday high on Denali by frostbite and hypothermia, while another member of their team who had managed to descend part of the way from the 20,310-foot summit was rescued.
