Authorities say a skier died after being caught in an avalanche on North America’s tallest peak, Mount McKinley in Alaska.

Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending Mount McKinley's West Buttress climbing route with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot ...

Nicholas Vizzini, 29, and his climbing partner triggered the avalanche as they were descending a slope, the National Park ...

Nicholas Vizzini, 29, of Washington state and his climbing partner, a snowboarder, triggered the avalanche high on the peak ...

FILE – A view of one of the faces of North America’s tallest peak, then-named Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File ...

A mountaineer died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley, also known as Denali. Alex Chiu was ascending Mount ...

officials said Wednesday — the second death of this year's climbing season on Alaska's Mount McKinley. Nicholas Vizzini, 29, of Washington state and his climbing partner, a snowboarder ...