ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - The famed “Bus 142” on the Stampede Trail has been removed by the state of Alaska, according to the mayor of the Denali Borough.

The bus was made famous by John Krakauer's 1996 book "Into the Wild" and a 2007 movie by the same name that told the story of 24-year-old Chris McCandless, Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

The abandoned vehicle on Stampede Trail, known as “Bus 142,” or the “Magic Bus,” was popularized by John Krakauer’s 1996 book “Into the Wild,” and Sean Penn’s film adaptation in 2007. Skip to content.

In 2010, a Swiss hiker drowned while trying to cross the Teklanika River, less than a mile from the bus where McCandless lived. Every year, several people are rescued from the Stampede Trail, Lynn ...

Bus 142 in place at its prior home just off the Stampede Trail about 25 miles west of Healy in March 2017. Skip to main content. You have ...

In 1961, the Yutan Construction Company purchased Bus 142, removed the engine, and used a bulldozer to drag it and three other buses out along what’s now the Stampede Trail as temporary housing ...

Bus 142, better known as the ... National Park & Preserve in 1961 and used as a makeshift emergency shelter for local hunters and adventurers along the Stampede Trail, 40 kilometres from the ...

The book and movie adaptation of Into the Wild prompts some Alaskans to roll their eyes. But the account of Christopher McCandless’s ill-fated pilgrimage to the Bus 142 inspires many others to ...

Bus 142, a distinctive green and white 1940s-era International Harvester, was airlifted by the Alaska Army National Guard from its longtime location along the Stampede Trail on June 18 for safety ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - The famed “Bus 142” on the Stampede Trail has been removed by the state of Alaska, according to the mayor of the Denali Borough. Mayor Clay Walker said ...

Alaska Guardsmen airlift "Into the Wild" bus This afternoon, Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment executed an extraction mission via a CH-47 ...

The Alaska Army National Guard transports Bus 142 out of its longtime resting place on the Stampede Trail in Fairbanks. (Photo: Alaska Department of Natural Resources/Getty) ...