In this Nugget from the 2009 archive, host Sue Deyoe tackles a mountainous question…what should the Great One be called?  Mount McKinley or Denali…the history of the Big Name Debate.  We hear from Frank Norris, Pete Martin, Missy Smothers, and former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens.  (30 min)

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aired tues – A woman is heading up to Denali’s basecamp this week to try and become the first woman to successfully summit the mountain in winter. (more…)

Lieutenant Colonel Marc Hoffmeister of Eagle River has been awarded a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award for his climb on Denali this summer. (more…)

The U.S. Mint has announced that they will honor Denali National Park through the new quarter coin program. The Denali design will be the 15^th design to be featured on coins released under a program called ‘America the Beautiful’ program. (more…)

Planning for the South Denali Visitor Center area is inching forward. The past few weeks, geotechnical work was completed on the area that is considered to be the proposed road corridor near Mary Carey’s on the Parks Highway in the State Park. (more…)

Denali is out and fall colors add to the spectacular view on Thursday, September 17. Photo by Diana Haecker

Riccardo Cassin, the mountaineering pioneer who first climbed Mt. McKinley’s Cassin Ridge  died at his home in Italy late last week. He was 100 years old. (more…)

An adventure company is setting itself up to become the first group to skydive over Denali.  After delays and a few bumps, the team is in Talkeetna and ready to dive.  

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Two men died of injuries sustained in a fall on Mount McKinley Thursday, June 11^th.  (more…)

The search effort for Dr. Gerald Myers was scaled back Tuesday afternoon.  Search managers have determined that further air operations are unlikely to locate the Denali climber, missing since last Tuesday. (more…)

Aerial searchers came up with no leads Friday for the climber missing since Tuesday. (more…)