Climbing the tallest mountain in North America — 20,310-feet-high Denali, in the middle of Alaska — is incredibly arduous and expensive. But for many mountaineers, the mind-blowing panoramic views ...

Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

In 1970, six women made the first all-female ascent of Denali. Alaskan mountaineer Grace Hoemen led the team, which included talented climber and chemist Arlene Blum, New Zealand geologist Margaret ...

Balin Miller has started to make a name for himself. Miller, a 23-year-old from Anchorage, has completed a string of hard ice climbs and solo climbs not only here in Alaska but also in Canada and ...