While most of the 433 climbers on McKinley are going up the normal route, one young American has made the first solo of the ...

Inclement weather has delayed the search for a man who went missing on the West Buttress route A ski mountaineer is missing on Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali. According to a press release from the ...

The two other members of his party descended the West Buttress route to get help, and then proceeded to a lower camp, park officials said. According to the park service’s statement, there are ...

Although the West Buttress is considered the easiest and most accessible route on Denali—and is the route chosen by over 90 percent of Denali hopefuls—it still entails a variety of hazards ...

The upper portion of Denali's West Buttress route. Bad weather has halted a search for a 41-year-old mountaineer who remains missing after falling Monday off the West Buttress of Denali.

Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending the West Buttress climbing route of Mount McKinley — the tallest mountain in North America at 20,000 feet — with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot known ...

Seattle man Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet while ski mountaineering on Mount McKinley's West Buttress route in Denali National Park, Alaska, the National Park Service said.

Seattle man Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet while ski mountaineering on Mount McKinley's West Buttress route in Denali National Park, Alaska, the National Park Service said.

Since 1932, 125 climbers have died at the park, including three last year. Along the West Buttress route, 15 climbers have died since 1980, Amber Smigiel, a public affairs officer for NPS said.

The body of a 41-year-old ski mountaineer has been recovered after he fell over 3,000 feet off of Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, officials said.

A 29-year-old skier from Washington died in an avalanche in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, making it the second death this season, officials said. Nicholas Vizzini was caught in the ...