The body of a mountaineer was recovered Wednesday after he fell 3,000 feet to his death from Alaska's Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain, also known as Denali.

The mountain, referred to as Denali by Alaska Natives for centuries, was officially named Mount McKinley from 1917 until 2015, after former President William McKinley who was assassinated in 1901.

Picturesque peaks stretch from coast to coast. The best mountain ranges in the U.S. offer stunning scenery, skiing, hiking, accessible viewpoints, and more.

On Monday, January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the highest peak in North America. The mountain’s name will revert to Mount ...

Alaska Republicans have offered resistance to President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to change the name of the highest mountain in North America, Denali, back to Mount McKinley.

Mount Sanford is a huge, glaciated mountain in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska. At 16,237 feet (4,949 m), it is the sixth-highest mountain in the United States.

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