Denali News

In the world of dog mushing, there aren't many jobs with a steady paycheck. Professional mushers live off the bounty of their race earnings, dog breeding skills and marketing savvy. And within a federal government that employs 19.7 million people, there is one -- exactly one -- dog mushing job. And it's open.

 As wildlife advocates mourned the plane-crash death of Gordon Haber, the biologist who spent 40 years documenting the lives and societies of Denali's wolves, his pilot was recovering Friday in a burn center in Seattle after hiking 20 miles back to civilization.Details of the crash and rescue operation in the heart of Denali National Park emerged Friday, two days after the Cessna 185 used by Haber crashed in spruce trees near the East Fork of the Toklat River, the locale of one of the wolf packs Haber was studying.

Denali rolled out her fabled tundra carpet for visitors in mid-August, sprawling acres of fiery red, orange, green and gold, lush with wild berries and wildlife preparing for winter.Tiny pink blossoms at the peak of otherwise bare fireweed, and the sudden presence of Jack Frost all over this six million acre national park and preserve signaled the abrupt end of summer in this sub arctic wilderness within Alaska's Interior.

As clouds parted to reveal a glistening north face of Mt. McKinley, our cameras clicked near where the lenses of Ansel Adams and Ken Burns recorded epic shots celebrating America's "crown jewels" -- our national parks.

DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska -- PhuNuru Sherpa does not climb the world's highest mountain for thrills. It's his job.

A few days ago, Steve Hasiotis found a crayfish burrow in Denali N

The six-seater Cessna 206 takes off from a small gravel airstrip in the 9 p.m. summer sunlight and soon is buzzing like a gnat around the imposing snow-covered tallest peak in North America.

Here’s something even Sarah Palin and Joe Biden could agree on: Getting a room near 

Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, with his new documentary on America's national parks, has touched the hearts of Alaska's conservationists and the tourism industry, both with their own personal passions for seeing these parks thrive for generations to come.

For one long September weekend, Alaskans get to reclaim Denali National Park from bus loads of tourists and see their best-known reserve in its autumn glory.

Archaeologists are crediting a small child with finding a prehistoric arrow point at Denali National Park and Preserve.

Gray Line of Alaska is launching its Alaska season with new self-drive tours and Denali Summer Special packages.

The toilets should work better at Denali National Park and Preserve thanks to President Barack Obama's federal stimulus spending.

Denali National Park and Preserve will receive about $16 million in stimulus funds as part of the National Park Service Recovery Act.

Incredible Adventures, the Florida-based adventure company best known for its fighter jet flights and great white shark dives, is now offering the chance to be one of the first to see the top of America's tallest mountain from a parachute. The company is working with a group of military-trained skydiving professionals to offer the first high-altitude skydive over Alaska's Mt McKinley. At 20,320 ft tall, Mt McKinley is one of the tallest mountains in the world.