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.

The man, identified by Denali National Park and Preserve as 41-year-old Alex Chiu, fell 3,000 feet from Denali’s West Buttress route onto the Peters Glacier on Monday.

The body of the ski mountaineer reported missing on the towering Alaskan peak Denali earlier this week has been located and recovered, according to the National Park Service. The mountaineer, ...

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 ...

Climber Alex Chiu's body was found Wednesday after he plunged 3,000 feet from Denali's Squirrel Point on the mountain's West Buttress route, according to the National Park Service.

Mountaineering rangers from Denali National Park and Preserve found the climber at 17,000 feet of elevation on the mountain's West Buttress route after being contacted by a family member that had ...

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 ...

Mountaineering rangers with Denali National Park and Preserve found the climber’s body Monday morning at an elevation of 17,000 feet on Denali’s West Buttress route, the park service said in a ...

Since 1980, at least 14 climbers have died in falls on the West Buttress route. A climber has died at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska after park rangers found a body at an elevation of ...

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 ...

Search efforts on the mountain’s West Buttress for the 41-year-old mountaineer were halted by poor weather Tuesday, according to a park spokesperson. Climber missing after fall from Denali ...

Climber Alex Chiu's body was found Wednesday after he plunged 3,000 feet from Denali's Squirrel Point on the mountain's West Buttress route, according to the National Park Service.