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.

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.

Tragically the two climbers who were with him at the time witnessed the horror event and were unable to rescue him despite ...

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

Alex Chiu, 41, was climbing along the West Buttress route with two others when he fell. His body was recovered two days later, NPS said.

The 41-year-old man from Seattle was unroped when he fell 3,000 feet from the West Buttress route onto the Peters Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve.

Washington resident Nicholas Vizzini, 29, is the second person to die on Mount McKinley this climbing season, according to the National Park Service ...

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 ...

Since 1932, 125 climbers have died at the park — including three in 2024, USA TODAY previously reported. Along the West Buttress route, 15 climbers have died since 1980, National Park Service ...

An experienced ski mountaineer from the Big Apple plummeted 3,000 feet to his death while climbing America’s tallest mountain Monday, officials said. Alex Chiu, 41, was scaling the West Buttress ...

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 ...

A skier has died after being caught in an avalanche on Mount McKinley, North America 's tallest peak, officials have said. The Denali National Park and Preserve said that 29-year-old Nicholas Vizzini, ...