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DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — The road lottery in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve is canceled due to a landslide that forced the closure of much of the road that runs through the park, officials announced Thursday.
Road access in a popular national park in Interior Alaska is being restricted due to a long-running landslide issue that has been exacerbated by climate change, the park announced Tuesday. The lone road through Denali National Park and Preserve spans 92 miles (148 kilometers). Nearly half it — the area west of mile 43 —…
Officials say road access in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska is being restricted due to a long-running landslide issue that has been exacerbated by climate change
The road crew at Denali National Park is filling in the park roadâs most well-known landslide so that buses can drive past and into the park for the 2021 season. âThe biggest challenge facing this team will be filling in the slump at the Pretty Rocks landslide, at mile 45.4, just east of Polychrome Pass,â according to a post on the parkâs Facebook page. This winter, the road slumped a total of 29 feet below its original height, creating an 18-foot escarpment on its eastern flank. An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff caused by erosion that separates two level areas ...