Denali Road Rule Allows 160 Vehicles a Day Past Mile 15
A final rule replaces the seasonal cap of 10,512 permits and fixes the season's end date. Buses return to the west end in 2027.
The Interior Department and National Park Service have issued a final rule changing how many vehicles may use the restricted section of the Denali Park Road, from mile 15 to mile 90. Up to 160 vehicles a day may travel it during the visitor season, as long as the park's standards for resource conditions and visitor experience are met. That daily limit replaces the current cap of 10,512 vehicle permits a season.
The rule also fixes the season's end date. The season now always runs from the Saturday before Memorial Day through the second Thursday after Labor Day; language that could end it on September 15 in some years has been removed.