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Contact: Kris Fister (907) 683-9583 Park to Celebrate Completion
of New Visitor Facilities with Special Activities The National Park
Service and its partners, the Alaska Railroad Corporation, Alaska
Natural History Association and Doyon/ARAMARK Joint Venture, are
hosting a variety of special public activities on Thursday, August
18 to celebrate the completion of the new entrance area facilities
and the partnerships who have provided the energy and funding to
improve the visitor experience in Denali National Park and Preserve.
The facilities being showcased during the day’s activities include
the Denali Visitor Center, Morino Grill, Denali Bookstore, new passenger
shelters and restrooms at the Alaska Railroad depot and the Murie
Science and Learning Center. “This celebration is the culmination
of almost 10 years of planning and hard work”, stated Park Superintendent
Paul Anderson. “The spectacular new facilities that we are celebrating
today are the result of these partnerships dedicated to enhancing
the experience of those coming to the most-visited portion of the
park.” Special activities taking place throughout the day will include:
performances by Native Alaskan dancers booksignings by local authors
Tom Walker and Lori Yanucchi music by Athabascan fiddler Bill Stevens
free cake and refreshments in the Morino Grill area debut of the
new interpretive waysides on the history and connections between
the railroad and the park a one-hour hike on “Looking for Traces
of Denali’s Past” The regularly scheduled programs, such as the
sled dog demonstrations, ranger-led hike to Horseshoe Lake, Spruce
Loop walks, the Wildlife Tracker educational activity offered through
the Denali Institute and the evening campground programs will also
be available. The new facilities are located at Mile 1.2 on the
Park Road. Parking for vehicles and motorhomes is available in the
adjacent lots. The Riley Creek Loop shuttle bus also provides service
to the new facilities from the Riley Creek Campground and the Wilderness
Access Center. For additional park information, including details
on regular park activities, visit the park website at www.nps.gov/dena
or call park headquarters at (907) 683-2294 from 8:00 a.m.-4:30
p.m. daily.
Park
information is available on the web at www.nps.gov/dena
or by calling (907) 683-2294 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
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