09-08-2016 03:00 via ktoo.org

Denali National Park officials make plans to reopen road

ANCHORAGE — The only road into Alaska’s Denali National Park is expected to completely reopen Tuesday if the weather cooperates and steep terrain nearby remains stable.
A mudslide July 31 closed the road a mile beyond the Eielson Visitor Center, where most tour buses turn around to return to the park entrance.
The slide put an estimated 8,000 cubic yards of material on a 100-foot section of the road and covered it about 10 feet deep.
Park officials in an announcement say steep terrai
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