Denali

Denali rises above the Alaska Range, its great snow-covered mass visible far across the surrounding country. North America's highest peak bears a name derived from the Koyukon word for the high one. Glaciers flow from the mountain, among them the Kahiltna and Ruth, whose ice descends into long valleys on its southern side. In 1794 George Vancouver saw the distant snowy mountains while surveying Cook Inlet and recorded the view in his journal.