Facts about Mount McKinley
Mount McKinleys official elevation figure of 20,310 feet (6,190 meters), established by the United States Geological Survey in September 2015
Denali is actually the name for the mountain range used by the native tribes near the mountain which has been a sacred place
for as long as the tribes have inhabited the land. The tallest mountain in North America. It was also known as Bolshaya Gora (Great Mountain) to the Russians.
Mount McKinley is apart of the Denali National Park and Preserve that lays on a fault line called the Denali Fault.
This fissure in the earth happened about 60 million years ago and pushed up a giant piece of Granite that makes up Mount McKinley.
The Sourdough Expedition lead by Frederick A Cook in 1910 made it to the North Peak of Mount Mckinly and was inspired by the attempt
of an American judge James Wichersham who tride but failed to make it to the summit. Three years later the South Summit was Concerned
by Hudson Stuck and Harry Karsten in 1913. In 1932 the first climbing team was airlifted to the mountains flanks eventually becoming common
practice by the 1950s to cut down on the trips time. The mountain is considered Advanced Alaskan Grade II and is only for advanced climbers
do to the West Buttress route having cramponing, Glacier travel, crevasse traversing, roped team movement on snow and ice.