I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women took their first steps in a historic feat. Led by Alas ...

From military bases to wildlife refuges, a president who specializes in branding is renaming things to make a point.

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

In 1970, they became the first group of women to reach the top of the Alaskan mountain — but the odds were against them.

Located in Yosemite National Park, the Grand Prismatic Spring is just one of many natural wonders that inspire visitors. The ...

A landslide on the sole road in the national park has cut off tourist access ... national park with a stellar view of the peak, posted on Facebook: “Denali will always be Denali to Alaskans.” ...

Alaska's Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America's tallest peak as Denali ... metre mountain in Denali National Park and Preserve for McKinley ...

A view of Denali ... metre mountain in Denali National Park and Preserve for McKinley, saying a 2015 decision by the Obama administration to recognize the peak as Denali instead of Mount McKinley ...

But prepare to ditch the car — there is one road in Denali, and most of it is open only to bus traffic. This is when the park is in full ... The "colossal peak" often plays "peekaboo," said ...

mountain in Denali National Park and Preserve for McKinley, saying a 2015 decision by the Obama administration to recognize the peak as Denali instead of Mount McKinley was “an affront to ...