The first recorded attempt to climb Denali was by Judge James Wickersham in 1903, via the Peters Glacier and the North Face, now known as the Wickersham Wall.
První pokus o výstup na Denali učinil soudce James Wickersham v roce 1903, cestou přes ledovec Peters Glacier a Severní stěnu (North Face), nyní známou jako Wickershamova stěna (Wickersham Wall).