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Tents on Denali
Tents on Mount McKinley. NPS-Photo

Denali National Park and Preserve's Mountaineering Booklet covers 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 the extreme mental and physical stresses associated with high altitude mountaineering.

This booklet is available in the following languages:

English-(2005) pdf Japanese-(1995) pdf
Russian-(1995) pdf French-(1995) pdf
German-(1995) pdf Korean-(1995) pdf
Spanish-(1995) pdf Italian -(1995) pdf

The English 2005 version contains new regulations and medical information.

Also available is the brochure on Trash and Waste Policy for Glacier Environments

To obtain a printed version of any of the above, please call:

Talkeetna Ranger Station
(907)733-2231
or email to:
DENA_Talkeetna_Office@nps.gov

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