Lost Backpackers Are Reported Alive and Well at Denali National Park
Two backpackers missing at Denali National Park since Friday are alive and well.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 18th, 2008 1:05pm
Fresh Search Teams Arrive at Denali National Park to Help Locate Missing Women
Tuesday’s efforts to locate two missing backpackers in Denali National Park were fruitless, despite the best efforts of eleven ground teams and four aircraft crews. Today’s operation will more thoroughly search high priority areas and send ground teams into higher terrain. Five new teams will help out.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 18th, 2008 8:03am
National Park Service Issues Beach Access Report for Cape Hatteras National Seashore ORV Users
The National Park Service Beach Access Report for June 12, 2008, provides detailed background and regulatory information concerning ORV use at the popular Cape Hatteras National Seashore under the terms of the consent decree signed on April 30. The Park Service is soliciting your opinion about modifying the format and content of the Beach Access Report.
National Park Quiz 7: Islands
The national parks have islands galore. There are islands in the ocean, islands in rivers, islands in lakes, and even islands in lakes on islands. Take this week's quiz and see how much you know about these islands. Answers are at the end. No fair peeking!
- By Bob Janiskee - October 29th, 2011 5:18am
Search and Rescue Trivia From the National Parks
Ever wonder what's the most dangerous day to be in a national park? That would be Saturday. And the most dangerous region of the National Park System? That would be the Intermountain Region, home to Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Grand Canyon national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 17th, 2008 9:41am
Backpackers Remain Missing at Denali National Park & Preserve
Hikers Abby Flantz and Erica Nelson remain missing since failing to return last Friday from an overnight backpacking trip in Denali National Park & Preserve. Rescuers continue to search a 100-square mile area of the Savage River drainage.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 17th, 2008 6:50am
National Park Service Open to Cutting Single-Track Bike Trails in the Parks
National Park Service officials say they are not averse to cutting single-track mountain bike trails in the park system, as long as "potential impacts" don't arise.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 17th, 2008 5:22am
Forever on the Mountain
How truly self-reliant are we, really? When you head down the trail, do you go confident that you can manage any situation you find yourself in? If you "push the envelope" by embarking on, say, a remote canyoneering adventure, a summit climb, or a river trip, how much confidence should you place not just in your own ability but in search-and-rescue teams to quickly respond when the unimaginable occurs?
Denali National Park Officials Intensify Search for Missing Backpackers
Searchers in Denali National Park have been unable to locate two female backpackers missing since Friday when they didn't return from a scheduled overnight trip in the park. Officials have intensified ground and aerial search efforts in a 100-square mile area of rugged, trailless terrain.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 16th, 2008 3:13pm
Flood Watch Continues at Heartland National Parks
It’s “so far, so good” for national parks in the flood-weary Heartland. Only Indiana’s George Rogers Clark National Historical Park has experienced significant flooding.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 16th, 2008 8:37am
