America has always stripped the land of its original Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications ...

Another, Episcopal priest Hudson Stuck, wrote the same year about the journey in a book he titled “The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley).” In it, Stuck lodges “a plea for the restoration to ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. This is Part 1, the story of McKinley's first winter ascent ...

An exclusive excerpt from ‘Thirty Below’ remembers the women who made history on the mountain our president insists on ...

The search giant officially updated its maps and search engine Saturday reverting Denali back to its original name — Mount McKinley. President Trump ordered the renaming of Denali and the Gulf ...

Apparently, I upset some of my Alaska friends when I gave it back its real name. Since my goal is to bring unity to this great empire, I have decided to compromise. Mount McKinley will now be called ...

Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office to change the name of the mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley, in honor of President William McKinley, who was assassinated in 1901.

For weeks, a battle between the administration of President Donald Trump and The Associated Press has raged over Trump’s ...

March 2, 2025 (San Diego) -- Because I worked in Denali National Park during the summer of 2024, lately people have asked me about the naming of Mount McKinley. I talked about this in one of the ...

Because I worked in Denali National Park during the summer of 2024, lately people have asked me about the naming of Mount ...

Denali National Park and Preserve checks all of the Alaska boxes: unspoiled wilderness, roaming wildlife, massive glaciers and snow-covered peaks. Covering more than 6 million acres and home to the ...

and renaming Mount Denali, in Alaska, to Mount McKinley; a change nobody — not even Republicans in Alaska — wanted. Reader support makes our work possible. Donate today to keep our site free.