News Release

Most Areas of Denali National Park and Preserve Closed to Snowmobile Use Due to Inadequate Snow Cover Beginning April 21, 2025

Date: April 21, 2025
Contact: Amber Smigiel, 907-202-0156

The Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is not adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in most of the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve on both sides of the Alaska Range. 

Snow coverage is still adequate for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities from Eldridge Glacier to Windy Creek and the West Slope of Kantishna Hills to the Northwest Preserve, but riders should anticipate a closure in these areas soon. River corridors have open water, and the snowpack is diminishing quickly.

Riders are reminded that all lands within the former Mount McKinley National Park on both the north and the south sides of the crest of the Alaska Range are closed to all snowmobile use by federal regulation. Check out maps and GPS coordinates for the park and preserve boundary.