Climbing

1,100-foot fall causes first death of season on McKinley

A Mount McKinley climber fell 1,100 feet to his or her death Friday afternoon while trying to recover a backpack that had started to slide downhill, the National Park Service said on Saturday.

Flawed decisions blamed in fatal 2011 Mount McKinley climb

A guide's decision to make a final push up Mount McKinley with minimal gear was faulted in a National Park Service report on the May 2011 climb that left one person dead and three others considered lucky to survive.

Climber falls 150 feet, rescued on Moose's Tooth, agency says

A Japanese climber fell 150 feet and spent several hours on Moose's Tooth in Denali National Park early Saturday before being rescued by the Alaska Air National Guard.

McKinley climber retreats, ending 2nd try at winter ascent

For the second straight winter, Minnesota adventurer Lonnie Dupre is calling it quits on Mount McKinley after spending a week in a tiny snow cave while waiting for a break in the weather that never materialized.

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McKinley rebuffing climber's ambition

Two days after a merry little high-altitude Christmas on Mount McKinley, Minnesota adventurer Lonnie Dupre took another snow day Tuesday as poor visibility stalled his second attempt in as many years to become the first person to make a solo January ascent of the North America's tallest peak.

Rescue training to test searchers' adaptability

Searchers with the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group are putting their rescue skills to the test this morning during a training session in Chugach State Park.

Daredevil inspection of Washington Monument gets under way

A team of engineers being advised by an Alaska mountaineering ranger began a daredevil inspection of the Washington Monument today that will include them rappelling down the obelisk to look for damage from last month's earthquake.

Denali ranger leads inspection of Washington Monument

Engineers led by a Denali National Park climbing ranger have begun attaching ropes to the top of the Washington Monument that they will use to rappel up and down the structure to check for earthquake cracks and other damage.

Live video: Rappelling the Washington Monument

National Park Service raises fees for McKinley, Foraker

It will cost more to climb Alaska's two highest mountains.

Guide's 50th summiting of McKinley probably a record

Professional mountaineering guide Vern Tejas logged his 50th summit of Mount McKinley this summer. Does that make him the ruler of North America's highest roost?

Climber Tejas reclaims Seven Summits record at age 57

Inexperienced climber is rescued from ledge

Alaska Mountain Rescue Group climbers rappelled down a cliff to rescue a hiker who was stuck on a ledge just south of McHugh Creek Saturday night.

Missing climber found dead on McKinley

An experienced Austrian mountaineer fell to his death, likely tumbling thousands of feet down a steep, rocky gully on Mount McKinley, after leaving the trail used by most climbers on North America's highest peak, officials said today.

Searchers find no sign of solo Denali climber last seen Monday

Searchers find no sign of solo Denali climber last seen Monday

The National Park Service was searching Thursday for an Austrian climber who had been missing for nearly three days on Mount McKinley. The man had planned to ski from the mountain's summit, the Park Service says.

Survivor to recall deadly '54 Denali climb

For a week in the spring of 1954, George Argus lay helplessly in a tent at the 11,000-foot level of Mount McKinley. He was too injured to move after an accident that killed the leader of his climbing team, stuck in a sleeping bag as snow slowly piled up around him, and stretching a meager stock of supplies left by two other survivors who left him behind when they went to get help.

Photos: Images from the 1954 climb

More Alaska climbing stories

Kodiak climber dies of apparent heart attack on McKinley

A 52-year-old Kodiak man died of an apparent heart attack Friday morning while descending from the summit of Mount McKinley, the National Park Service says.

Three ill climbers stumble into good luck high on Denali

For three foreign climbers, each on his own and debilitated by altitude sickness high on Mount McKinley, help came Monday from a mountaineering ranger and volunteers who happened to cross paths with the three, one right after the other.

Rescue at 19,500 feet ties McKinley record (5/14/11)

Soldiers summit McKinley in memory of Rangers

Five Army Rangers stationed in Washington state have summited North America's highest mountain. Army officials say the soldiers reached the 20,320-foot summit of Mount McKinley on Friday night, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

Guide identified as one of the fatalities on Mount McKinley

A mountaineering guide from Seattle was one of two people killed on Mount McKinley this week, marking only the third time in history a guide leading clients on North America's tallest peak has died while on a climb.

2 more climbers die in fall on Denali, boosting season's toll to 7

1992 was deadliest Alaska Range climbing season

2 more climbers die in fall on Denali, boosting season's toll to 7

Another horrific fall on Mount McKinley is threatening to make this climbing season one of the deadliest. Wednesday's fall in Denali Pass killed two climbers, critically injured two and brought this year's climber death toll to seven.

1992 was deadliest Alaska Range climbing season

1992 was deadliest Alaska Range climbing season

This National Park Service record details search and rescue operations during the 1992 season -- the deadliest on record -- in the Alaska Range. Eleven of the 13 deaths happened on Mount McKinley. The final two came on Mount Foraker.