Fastest-warming place on Earth update, May 22 edition: Alaskans grumpy as "this winter won't let go"

Frigid mid-May temperatures leave Denali Park businesses struggling to open | Alaska Dispatch

But this winter won’t let go: Fresh snowfall over the weekend, followed by temperatures in the teens and mid-20s through the weekend culminated with a record low of 14 degrees Saturday morning. The chill disrupted local businesses trying to get their seasons started.
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On Monday afternoon, Denali Air Flightseeing Tours was still struggling to clear its airstrip, 10 days after the company planes usually take to the skies.
“We’re probably three weeks behind where we should be,” owner R.D. Rosso said. The airstrip needs to be free of snow and completely dry before planes can take off, but Friday’s snowfall reversed the progress workers had made clearing the strip before the weekend.
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Denali National Park is used to cold temperatures, spokesperson Kris Fister said, but this year it’s been different because of all the snow still on the ground.
The buses are up and running, she said, but “visitors going out to Toklat will see a far snowier landscape” than usual. But the last 60-plus miles to Wonder Lake are still closed.
Still, visitors are “taking it in stride,” Fister said. “The grumpiest people are Alaskans.”