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Park officials identified the victim as Robin Pendery of Washington state, a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve.
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Advocates for developing Alaska’s trails say they’re glad to see that the state Department of Transportation is including trails in its long-range plans. DOT scheduled two sessions on trails as part of a weeklong series of virtual focus-group meetings on different transportation modes.
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WildfiresThe federal Bureau of Land Management this week will reopen portions of the White Mountains Recreation Area north of Fairbanks, due to hard work by firefighters and cooler wet weather that’s slowed down wildfire activity in the area.
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NewsTemperatures climbed into the mid-80s over the weekend, where they’re likely to remain until the end of the week.
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NewsSome of the park’s nonprofit partners say federal reductions in force this spring made it difficult to plan summer youth programs.
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NewsWildlife managers, scientists and students are raising the alarm over the potential loss of Alaska’s cooperative fish and wildlife research unit.
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Emergency servicesDenali National Park and Preserve rangers recovered the body of a ski mountaineer Wednesday who fell to his death off a steep slope of the mountain earlier this week.
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Emergency servicesBad weather has halted a search for a 41-year-old mountaineer who’s missing after falling Monday off Denali's West Buttress.
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NewsEmily Robinson shattered a long-held Jr. Iditarod record before aging out of the field. Now she’s planning her next move.
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The federal Bureau of Land Management is working through development of a recreation plan for the Castner Glacier area. An Environmental Assessment of the proposed plan for the increasingly popular area along the Richardson Highway south of Delta Junction has drawn mixed response from the public.