Alaska State Troopers based in Juneau received notification on Wednesday that two climbers who had set out to climb the Mendenhall Towers in the Mendenhall Ice Field had not returned by their scheduled time on Wednesday evening. Family and friends reported that the two climbers, 34-year-old George “Ryan” Johnson of Juneau, and Marc-Andre Leclerc of British Columbia, […]
A Wednesday evening search effort near Juneau turned into a recovery effort after the subject of the search was found deceased by Juneau Mountain Rescue on Wednesday night, troopers report. It was at 6:46 pm on Wednesday that troopers in Juneau received a report that 25-year-old Juneau resident, Ryan Johanson, was missing in the Nugget […]
The Mendenhall Lake Campground was closed last night because of increasingly high levels of water as a glacially dammed lake began releasing waters into the lake and river. Rising levels of water were evident on the river as the waters there churn today. The rising waters are inching up to residents along View Drive as […]