“Native Alaskans were calling it Denali for thousands of years before anybody else came here. In the climbing community, it’s almost universal—I almost never hear anybody call it McKinley.
Climbing the tallest mountain in North America — 20,310-feet-high Denali, in the middle of Alaska — is incredibly arduous and expensive. But for many mountaineers, the mind-blowing panoramic ...
They were the first all-woman team to summit the continent’s tallest peak, planting their flag atop the 20,310-foot Denali. They called themselves the Denali Damsels. The story of the team ...
It started as an idea around the campfire on an Outdoor Action/Women's Center Backpacking Trip to the Shenandoahs in March 1995. Bethany Coates '98, and others on the trip discussed the idea of doing ...
Denali is also pivotal to the climbing community. On average, about 1,000 eager climbers attempt to summit the mountain each year, traversing unforgiving Alaskan terrain and several sheer drops.