The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...

JUNEAU, AK– A bold rescue unfolded on the icy slopes of Mount Denali in Alaska on June 18, where Indian mountaineer Shaikh Hassan Khan was saved after being stranded in a blizzard at 17,000 feet.

National Park lovers have flooded a new comment forum with praise for park staff and their telling of America’s often complex ...

The federal Board of Geographic Names has rejected a proposal to name a summit in Denali National Park and Preserve after a ...

Malayali mountaineer stuck on Mount Denali in US In a brief call, Sheikh informed his family that he had descended from 17,000 ft to 13,000 ft and reached a new campsite.

Thiruvananthapuram: Sheikh Hassan Khan, a 38-year-old Kerala government employee and seasoned mountaineer, was rescued from a severe blizzard at 17,000 feet on Mount Denali in Alaska, the highest ...

A message from Mr. Khan, shared widely on social media, reads: “I am on an expedition to Mount Denali, the highest peak in North America. We are stuck in a severe storm at 17,000 ft with less ...

Denali National Park has confirmed that 29 year old Nicholas Vizzini of Washington state passed away in a soft slab avalanche incident on Mt. McKinley (formerly known as Denali) on June 10, 2025. The ...

Denali is a Koyukon Athabascan word that means “the high one” — the tallest mountain in North America — and was referred to as Denali until 1896, when it was rechristened Mount McKinley by ...

There was a small weather window for the summit. It’s difficult to predict Denali’s weather. Denali creates its own weather and this year it was the worst in the last 10 years,” said Khan.

In Denali’s shadow, little love for again calling the mount McKinley President Trump’s executive order to rename the Alaska peak — North America’s highest — perplexes and worries many ...

GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan of Alaska push proposal to rename Mount McKinley, Denali, after President Donald Trump issues an order to do the opposite.