Denali National Park and Preserve officials have concluded that a man who shot and killed a grizzly bear in the park’s backcountry back in May did so in self-defense and will not be charged with any crime.

The man and his female companion,

A Pennsylvania man who exhibited “signs of mental illness” was plucked off of Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve by military crews and taken to a Fairbanks hospital, according to park officials.

The 25-year-old was solo climbing and had reached the mountain’s 14,200-foot basecamp when rangers decided he was a threat to both himself and other climbers

A Pennsylvania man who exhibited “signs of mental illness” was plucked off of Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve by military crews and taken to a Fairbanks hospital, according to park officials.

The 25-year-old was solo climbing and had reached the mountain’s 14,200-foot basecamp when rangers decided he was a threat to both himself and other climbers

With the climbing season in Denali National Park and Preserve winding down, now’s a pretty good time to look at how climbers fared this season.

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[i]Editor’s note: Most, if not all, national park visitors carry a camera or two with them. QT Luong has at least two in his job as a professional photographer. Not all of us, though, are as dedicated as he is to reach a specific location for a specific shot at a specific time of day.

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With the climbing season on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve winding down, the park’s climbing rangers soon will get a well-deserved break from their search-and-rescue missions.

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A brief weather window allowed rangers to pluck a Belgian climber off Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve three days after his companion died in a fall.

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Though the wildfire season really hasn’t started in the Rockies, Sierra Nevada, or Cascade ranges, its been well under way in Alaska, where national park fire managers are reporting unusual fire behavior.

“Statewide, fire managers were observing fire activity in May that they usually see in June and early July,” says Morgan Warthin, the National Park Service’s regional fire communication and ed

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A Belgian mountaineer leading an ascent up a technical section of Cassin Ridge on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park fell roughly 100 feet to his death when his anchor seemingly failed, park officials said Tuesday.

Joris Van Reeth, 27, of Borgerhout, Belgium, was the fourth climber to die on the mountain this season.

According to a park release, Mr.

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Two men climbing in the Ruth Gorge area of Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve were killed when an avalanche swept down upon them, park officials said Monday.

Canadian Andrew Herzenberg, 39, and Israeli Avner Magen, 42, both current residents of Toronto, Ontario, were descending a steep snow and ice gully wedged between Werewolf Tower and London Tower

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