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.

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

In addition to climbing Denali, Cowley plans to join several others on a 2020 expedition with Radiating Hope as participants trek to the Mount Everest base camp.

Alex Chiu, 41, from Brooklyn, tragically died after falling approximately 3,000 feet from a climbing route at Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska, according to the National Park Service.

Latest death on Denali in 2025 climbing season This was the second death on Denali for this year's climbing season, which typically begins in early May and ends in early July, the park service ...

This was the second death on Denali so far this climbing season, according to the park. A Seattle man died last week when he fell while on a ski mountaineering trip on the mountain’s West Buttress.

"Climbing Denali is more difficult than climbing Mount Everest. If you climb Denali, you could be better called a Mountaineer," said Khan to IANS over the phone from Denver in 2023.

The incident is the second climbing death, but the first avalanche related, on Mt. McKinley/Denali this season. 41 year old mountaineer Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet on Denali’s West ...

In 2023, I went up Mount Denali and, once again, on the final day, I had to turn back due to bad weather. So it is not without challenges and heartaches that I have come through this journey.

Kerala govt employee and mountaineer Sheikh Hassan Khan stranded on Mount Denali due to severe storm. Urgent rescue needed.