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The 1967 Mount McKinley disaster occurred in July 1967 when seven climbers died on Denali (then still officially known as Mount McKinley) while attempting to descend from the summit in a severe blizzard estimated to be the worst to occur on the mountain in 100 years. [1]
The mountain had been unofficially named Mount McKinley in 1896 by a gold prospector, and officially by the federal government in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley, who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. The name Denali is based on the Koyukon name of the mountain, Deenaalee ('the high one').
Denali National Park and Preserve is located in the central area of the Alaska Range, a mountain chain extending 600 miles (970 km) across Alaska. Its best-known geologic feature is Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley. Its elevation of 20,310 ft (6,190.5 m) makes it the highest mountain in North America.
Denali (/ d ə ˈ n ɑː l i /; [5] [6] also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) [7] is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level.
Nov. 28—Alaska State Troopers say a 28-year-old Healy man cited last week after hitting a dog team on the Denali Highway was the second in a group of snowmachiners passing in the opposite direction.
Denali Highway (Alaska Route 8) is a lightly traveled, mostly gravel highway in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads from Paxson on the Richardson Highway to Cantwell on the Parks Highway . Opened in 1957, it was the first road access to Denali National Park .
In 1913, Stuck named the Karstens Ridge in the guide's honor. It is located in Denali National Park, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of the summit of Denali. [20] [21] In 1946, climber Bradford Washburn named the Karstens Col in his honor. The 10,930-foot (3,330 m) high pass is located between Mount Koven and the Karstens Ridge. [21]
Westside was relatively new at the time of the 1898 referendum. The original 1889 plat bounded the neighborhood between Riverside Avenue and the White River and from Tillotson to McKinley.