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The Iconic Trail in Alaska Everyone Should Hike Once in Their Lifetime

We have plenty of iconic hiking trails here in Alaska. Many visitors to Alaska jump at the opportunity to hike the trail to ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska park managers are preparing for the loss of some of the state’s most iconic attractions: glaciers

Benjamin Pister, director of resource management at Kenai Fjords National Park, stands on July 5 at a spot where the trail was extended to allow visitors to get as close as possible to rapidly ...
Alaska Public Media

Park service mulls changes to management plan as Exit Glacier recedes

Exit Glacier has retreated so much that the management plan made in 2004 no longer makes sense for that part of the park. (Sabine Poux/KDLL) Exit Glacier has receded more than 2,300 feet since 2004.
Juneau Empire

2 rescued by park service near Exit Glacier

The National Park Service and Air National Guard rescued two people from a cliff face in a prohibited area of Kenai Fjords National Park on the Kenai Peninsula on Monday. According to a release from ...
Kansas City Star

Melting glacier reveals forest entombed by ice 1,300 years ago in southern Alaska

Remnants of a grand forest that vanished 1,300 years ago have begun to reappear in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park, and the return is so subtle that it is largely going unnoticed. NPS Photo/ T.
Outside

Two Hikers Were Attacked by a Brown Bear in an Alaskan National Park

Two people drove themselves to a nearby emergency room after being attacked by a brown bear while hiking along the two-mile Exit Glacier Trail in Seward, Alaska. According to a news release from ...