A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley, officials said Wednesday — just days after a climber fell 3,000 feet to his death on North America's tallest peak.

Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending Mount McKinley's West Buttress climbing route with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot known as Squirrel Point, according to park officials.

Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending Mount McKinley's West Buttress climbing route with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot known as Squirrel Point, according to park officials.

Nicholas Vizzini, 29, dies in an avalanche while descending Alaska’s Mount McKinley, marking the second fatality this climbing season.

Both of McKinley's Battle's parents played college sports, but she chose a different path. The Rocky Mount tennis star is this week's winner of the Tom Suiter Extra Effort award.

A 29-year-old’s body was recovered from Mount McKinley after dying in an avalanche, officials said. Tim Rains National Park Service A 29-year-old skier from Washington died in an avalanche in ...

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 former 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.

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.