North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life. The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) ...
“The name Denali reflects a local cultural heritage here that predates the United States,” Westman says. “The name McKinley was an arbitrary name given for someone who had never even set ...
The Alaskan Geographic Board designated the mountain as Denali in the 1970s, and the Alaskan legislature also passed a resolution urging the United States government to change the name.