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The special
use fee offsets costs to the South District related to mountaineering,
such as maintaining the high-altitude ranger station, staff, and
mountaineering booklets. In addition to the special use fee, a 60-day
pre-registration regulation allows mountaineering rangers to have direct
contact with climbers before they arrive in Talkeetna. In doing so,
rangers are able to suggest appropriate routes for different levels of
expertise and offer first-hand knowledge of conditions encountered in the
Alaska Range. Learn more about
registration.
The National Park
Service wishes to notify climbers and mountaineers that they should expect
these regulations to be strictly enforced. Climbers who are not
pre-registered a minimum of 60 days in advance will be denied permission
to climb Mount McKinley or Mount Foraker. Our goal is that you have a safe
journey while climbing in the Alaska Range.
Denali National
Park & Preserve
Mountaineering Booklet, available in eight languages, covers mandatory
requirements, search and rescue information, clean climbing requirements,
high altitude medical problems, glacier hazards, and self-sufficiency. You
should have a solid understanding of potentially serious medical problems
and awareness of the extreme mental and physical stresses associated with
high altitude mountaineering. Visit the
Alaska Natural History Associations Bookstore online to find the
mountaineering and guide books available for Denali as well as literature
on high altitude climbing.
International climbers can reference the
U.S. Customs & Border Protection website for travel documentation
information such as visa or passport requirements, or contact your
nation's Embassy or Consulate. For information regarding specific food or
specialty items that can or cannot be flown into the United States,
consult the
U.S. Department of Agriculture website.
Please feel free to contact the Talkeetna Ranger Station with any
additional questions, or to request a hard copy of the Mountaineering
Booklet at (907) 733-2231, or
DENA_Talkeetna_Office@nps.gov or by mail at:
Talkeetna
Ranger Station
PO Box 588
Talkeetna, AK 99676
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