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The Stampede Trail is a remote road and trail located in the Denali Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Apart from a paved or maintained gravel road for 8 miles (13 km) between Eight Mile Lake and the trail's eastern end, the route consists of a primitive and at times dangerous hiking or ATV (all-terrain vehicle) trail following the path of the original road, which has deteriorated over the years.
After hiking along the snow-covered Stampede Trail, McCandless came upon an abandoned bus (about 28 miles (45 km) west of Healy at ) alongside an overgrown section of the trail near Denali National McCandless, according to Krakauer, attempted to continue "heading west until [he] hit the Bering Sea ."
The final trigger, however, was the discovery of gold elsewhere in Canada and Alaska, prompting a new stampede, this time away from the Klondike. In August 1898, gold had been found at Atlin Lake at the head of the Yukon River, generating a flurry of interest, but during the winter of 1898–99 much larger quantities were found at Nome.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Authorities rescued three men making a pilgrimage to an abandoned bus in the Alaska wilderness made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild." Three hikers, two from ...
No roads are extending out to the preserve areas, which are on the northwest and southwest ends of the park. The far north of the park, characterized by hills and rivers, is accessed from the east by the Stampede Trail, a dirt road that effectively stops at the park boundary near the former location of the Into the Wild bus.
Mollen found Combs in part responsible for the tragedy, and six years later, New York Court of Claims judge Louis Benza found Combs and Heavy D half liable for the stampede, with City University ...
A Maryland man was arrested after authorities allege he admitted to killing his girlfriend, who had been missing. On Sunday, Jan. 19, police investigating the disappearance of 29-year-old Alexis ...
Hiking The Stampede Trail, a guide to hiking to Bus 142 on the Stampede Trail. The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless, ISBN 978-0-06-232515-0, detailing what it was like growing-up in the McCandless household. The Call of the Wild, a 2007 documentary about McCandless made by Ron Lamothe. Vagabond, a 1985 French film that deals with a similar theme