Denali Climber's Body Found After He Plunged 3,000 Feet

First mountaineer of season to die on McKinley was aviation engineer from Seattle

A fall has claimed the life of a climber on North America’s tallest peak this week, the first fatality of the 2025 climbing season on Mount McKinley. Alex Chiu, a 41-year-old ski mountaineer from Seattle, died on June 2 after falling approximately 3,000 feet from an area known as Squirrel Point, along the West Buttress […] The post First mountaineer of season to die on McKinley was aviation engineer from Seattle appeared first on Must Read Alask…

Experienced climber dies after 3,000-foot plummet from North America's highest peak

National Park Service reports that Seattle climber Alex Chiu perished after falling 3,000 feet while ascending Mount McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska while ski mountaineering.

Climber falls about 3,000 feet from Mount McKinley; body recovered

DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Ala. (WJW) – A Seattle man's body was recovered in Alaska after he fell about 3,000 feet while hiking on Mount McKinley this week, the National Park Service said. Alex Chiu, 41, fell to his death Monday while on an expedition on the mountain's West Buttress, park officials said. After the fall, Chiu's climbing companions told park rangers they attempted to lower "over the edge" to see if they could hear or see Chiu but were…

Climbing companions watch as NW man falls to his death on Alaska mountain, rangers say

Climbers were on Mount McKinley when they saw a man in their group fall 3,000 feet to his death in Denali National Park, officials said.

Ski mountaineer from NYC plummets 3,000 feet to death while scaling America’s tallest mountain

Alex Chiu was scaling the West Buttress route of Alaska's Mount McKinley "un-roped."