Seattle resident Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet from the Mount McKinley West Buttress climbing route onto the Peters Glacier, according to the National Park Service. He was 41 years old. On ...

An image of Alex Chiu, a Seattle man who died after falling 3,000 feet from a climbing route on Mount McKinley. (KOMO News) TOPICS: ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mountaineering rangers in Alaska recovered the ...

The body of a climber who was ascending Alaska's Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, has been found two days after he fell approximately 3,000 feet, the National Park Service said. Alex Chiu, 41, ...

In 1970, the wind-swept slopes of Denali were the site of an unsung historic feat: the first all-women’s attempt to summit one of the big mountains of the world. By then, we had sent men to the moon, ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on North America's tallest peak, officials said Wednesday — the second death of this year's climbing season on Alaska's Mount McKinley.

A climber who died high on Mount McKinley Thursday has now been identified by the National Park Service as 38-year-old Beat Niederer of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Neiderer was on a rope team of four ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. It is the latest move in a ...

The federal Board of Geographic Names has rejected a proposal to name a summit in Denali National Park and Preserve after a Mat-Su mining pioneer. Michele Stevens, daughter of Carola June Young, ...

Alex Chiu died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley. The 41-year-old man wasn’t wearing a rope during the incident. Two mountaineers on the excursion with Chiu witnessed him fall. A ...