Denali National Park and Preserve

With Climbing Season Underway On Denali, Rescues Are Mounting

With climbing season ramping up on Denali in Denali National Park and Preserve, rangers are being pressed into action to help climbers who either have an accident or come down with illness on the mountain that rises 20,310 feet into the sky.

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By NPT Staff - June 6th, 2017 11:46am

Application Period For Denali Road Lottery Kicks Off May 1

The application period for the 2017 road lottery program at Denali National Park and Preserve will open May 1. The road lottery takes place in September and allows up to 400 cars per day to be on the western portion of the park road, which is usually closed to most private vehicles.

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By NPT Staff - April 23rd, 2017 3:00am

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This Year’s Winterfest Doubles As 100th Birthday Party For Denali National Park

Every February, the community comes to Denali National Park and Preserve to celebrate all things winter at the aptly named Winterfest, but this year’s festivities will also serve as the 100th birthday party for the Alaska park on February 25 and 26.

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By NPT Staff - February 20th, 2017 7:35am

National Park Service Reaches Out To Workforce To Measure Harassment

A long-promised study of workplace harassment has gotten under way across the National Park System with an optional survey asking employees "to assess the prevalence of sexual harassment and other forms of harassment and retaliation in our workforce..."

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 11th, 2017 3:55pm

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Fossilized Dinosaur Bones Found In Denali National Park For The First Time

A window into Denali National Park's paleontological past has been unearthed by researchers who found fossilized dinosaur bones and trackways in the park's backcountry.

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By NPT Staff - October 18th, 2016 2:35pm

Park Service Cancels Contract Offers To Mountaineering Guides At Denali National Park

After granting 10-year mountaineering guide contracts to six concessionaires at Denali National Park and Preserve in April, the National Park Service has decided to void those offers and start the process anew, citing concerns from multiple groups about franchise fees and clarity around provisions in the contract.

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By NPT Staff - September 18th, 2016 2:30am

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Rhythm Of The Wild: A Life Inspired By Alaska’s Denali National Park

Kim Heacox has a long history with Denali National Park, beginning in 1981 when he was a rookie interpretive ranger. Rhythm of the Wild is a memoir, describing how Denali National Park has influenced him over three decades during which he experienced the park as a ranger, as a visitor, and as a writer-in-residence.

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By NPT Staff - May 19th, 2017 12:47am

Mudslide Maroons Some Denali National Park Visitors

A mudslide roughly 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep has forced closure of the Denali Park Road just west of the Eielson Visitor Center in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska and stranded some guests and workers at private lodges in Kantishna.

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By NPT Staff - July 31st, 2016 5:02pm

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Denali National Park Bear Conditioned To Human Food Put Down By Rangers

A badly malnourished grizzly boar, one struggling with infirmities and which had connected park visitors with food, was put down by Denali National Park rangers and wildlife staff who concluded that the bear wasn't healthy enough to sustain aversion training to instill a fear of humans.

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By NPT Staff - July 28th, 2016 11:06am

Two Missing Hikers, Two Different Outcomes

Search-and-rescue missions in the National Park System are stressful. The clock is always ticking, the landscapes to be searched varied and dangerous at times, and the outcome never assured. Two SARs this past weekend in the parks, one in Denali National Park and one in Sequoia National Park, ended with two very different outcomes.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 25th, 2016 12:05pm

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