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.

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

I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women ...

he and others say there is no disputing that the name of that mountain — North America’s tallest — is the Indigenous word Denali. Never mind President Donald Trump’s announcement just ...

In 1970, six climbers set out to summit Denali in the first all-women’s attempt at any of the world’s big mountains. Their ...

The controversy over the name of the continent's tallest peak has persisted ... Sally Jewell issued an order to change the name from Mount McKinley to Denali in 2015 during President Barack ...

At 20,310ft / 6,190m, Denali is the tallest mountain in North America. Climbers attempting to scale it brave extreme weather conditions and temperatures well below freezing. More than 50 people ...

Such altitude gain requires climbers to be on the mountain for longer to acclimatize as they ascend, which also exposes them to Denali’s frequently fierce weather for longer. It’s the highest ...

Sri Lankan mountaineer Johann Peries is just one summit away from completing the world’s most coveted mountaineering ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order that directs state agencies to change all references to the Gulf of Mexico in ...

Alaska's Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America's tallest peak as ... rename the iconic 6,190-metre mountain in Denali National Park and Preserve ...