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

The mountain’s name will revert to Mount McKinley ... it was always the appropriate title within the climbing community. “I never felt that McKinley was wrong—it honored a president that ...

A note on the name of the mountain: From 1917 to 2015, North America’s tallest mountain was officially named Mount McKinley. But over that century, Alaskans, climbers, and many others still ...

It is not descriptive. Everybody in the United States knows of Mt. McKinley and the various efforts made to climb it," according to the National Park Service website. "In consequence, both Mr ...

Then a prospector in Alaska who admired president-elect William McKinley and his support for the gold standard called it Mount McKinley ... the anniversary of that climb, another group of four ...

According to the National Park Service, a prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak Mount McKinley for William McKinley ... for an air taxi company, ferrying climbers and tourists to the mountain ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal mountaineering moments. This is Part 2, the story of one of the worst tragedies ever on a ...