DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — For decades, the U.S. Army in Alaska has used massive Chinook helicopters the size of engorged semi-trucks to haul essential equipment to a glacier in the Alaska ...

Enduring hardship is intrinsic to life for the few who serve in the Infantry. Tackling demanding challenges and persevering ...

KAHILTNA GLACIER — Three U.S. Army Chinook helicopters the size of city buses ascend higher and higher in the Alaska Range, following the 44-mile long Kahiltna Glacier, which from above resembles a ...

On an unusually clear Wednesday in late April, two CH-47F chinook helicopters ascended upon the Alaska Range to deliver potentially lifesaving supplies to Denali base camp — continuing a decades-old ...

The Kahiltna base camp was disassembled last week, signaling the end of the 2021 climbing season on Denali. Kahiltna is the name after the glacier where climbers begin and end their journey. Teams are ...

It’s springtime in Talkeetna and while most of the town is preparing for summer, one local resident will be wearing mittens and down for a few more months. April 2020 brought an unprecedented lockdown ...

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, AlaskaDENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska — Those wishing to climb North America’s tallest peak got a leg up this week from the U.S. Army. Aviators from B ...

TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — National Park Service rangers rescued a climber who fell from a 16,000-foot-high (4,800-meter-high) ridge at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, officials said ...

Towering over the landscape at 20,308 feet in height, Denali is the tallest mountain in North America, making it a popular target for mountain climbers. The goal of the National Park Service is to ...

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Soldiers and National Park Service personnel offload equipment and supplies from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Kahiltna Glacier, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Those wishing to climb North ...