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

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.

Earlier this month, Alex Chiu, a ski mountaineer from Seattle, died from a 3,000-foot (about 900-meter) fall on the mountain's West Buttress climbing route. Advertisement Article continues below this ...

The mountaineer, identified as Alex Chiu, 41, by the National Park Service, died after falling 3,000 feet from Denali’s West Buttress route onto Peters Glacier, an exposed face of rock and seracs.

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

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 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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...