Denali National Park and Preserve

Denali Road Lottery Application Deadline is June 30

Have you always wanted to be able to drive down the shuttle road in Denali National Park during the September leaf peeping season? If so, you'll need to have a permit. This year the road lottery application deadline has been moved up to June 30. Here are the pertinent details.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 16th, 2009 5:47am

Unusual Prehistoric Hunting Artifact Was a Lucky Find at Denali

While hiking in Denali National Park, a sharp-eyed youngster found an ancient arrow foreshaft carved from an antler. This rare artifact will help archeologists learn more about early Athabascan occupancy of interior Alaska.

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By Bob Janiskee - June 15th, 2009 8:08am

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Roped-Together Climbers Die in Fall On Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve

Two acclaimed climbers who were roped together while climbing on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park have fallen several thousand feet to their deaths.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 12th, 2009 1:24pm

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Search For Missing Climber at Denali National Park Leads to Remains Of Two Other Lost Climbers

While one chapter of the climbing history of Mount McKinley remains unfinished, another has been closed with the discovery of two partially buried bodies high on the unforgiving mountain.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 5th, 2009 6:56pm

Search Suspended for Missing Climber on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve

Mount McKinley seems to have claimed its second victim of the climbing season. Rangers at Denali National Park and Preserve have suspended their active search for a Coloradan missing since he launched a solo bid for the summit last Tuesday.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 17th, 2012 3:47pm

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Aerial Search Continuing for Missing Coloradan On Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve

Favorable flying conditions allowed searchers to spend more than 10 hours in the air Saturday looking for a Coloradan missing on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve, but there's still no sign of him.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 24th, 2009 11:23am

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Still No Sign of Missing Climber on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve

A second day of searching has failed to turn up any sign of a missing climber on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park, and rangers plan to continue the search through the weekend.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 23rd, 2009 9:57am

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Search Under Way for Overdue Climber in Denali National Park and Preserve

Rangers at Denali National Park and Preserve are looking for a Colorado man who was making a solo bid to reach the summit of Mount McKinley.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 22nd, 2009 10:08am

Winner of the Annual Harry Yount Award for Excellence in Rangering Announced

Each year NPS rangers nominate one of their own for the Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award for excellence in “rangering.” This year's winner received his award at a Capitol Hill ceremony this week.

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By Jim Burnett - May 20th, 2009 6:14pm

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Artist-in-Residence. Great Benefit National Parks Offer to Painters, Sculptors, Writers and More

National parks often are looked upon as places of not just great beauty, but also great inspiration. So it's only natural that they should spur the creative juices of writers, painters, sculptors, and other artists.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 20th, 2009 10:20am

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