Mudslide over the Denali Park Road
After all of this rain, things are starting to give. A large mudslide has closed the Denali Park Road in The Park. The slide, at Mile 67 of the park road, is 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The six inches of rain in the past week, on top of what already fell in June and July, was too much for the ancient volcanic ash in the soil.
Park employees remind folks that there is no cell coverage out at Wonder Lake and Kantishna, and only a few of the lodges have a land line, so people stranded on the west side of the slide will have a much needed, if not appreciated, break from smart phones and internet.
Photo credit: James Long/DNP&P
August 2nd, 2016 at 3:21 PM
I hope somebody videoed the people stuck there, they could call it the reality show….’cell-phone detox’
August 3rd, 2016 at 4:13 AM
That would be one reality show I’d check out