{"id":32453,"date":"2025-06-12T11:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mt-mckinley-avalanche-kills-skier-just-days-after-climber-fell-3000-feet-to-his-death-on-same-peak\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:54:17","slug":"mt-mckinley-avalanche-kills-skier-just-days-after-climber-fell-3000-feet-to-his-death-on-same-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mt-mckinley-avalanche-kills-skier-just-days-after-climber-fell-3000-feet-to-his-death-on-same-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. McKinley avalanche kills skier just days after climber fell 3,000 feet to his death on same peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on Alaska&#8217;s Mount McKinley, officials said Wednesday \u2014 just days after a climber <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alex-chiu-denali-alaska-climber\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fell 3,000 feet<\/a><\/span> to his death on North America&#8217;s tallest peak.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Vizzini, 29, of Washington state and his climbing partner, a snowboarder, triggered the avalanche high on the 20,310-foot peak Tuesday while descending a slope, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/dena\/learn\/news\/skier-death-avalanche-6-11-25.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> from Denali National Park and Preserve.<\/p>\n<p>The top of where the avalanche released was at approximately 16,600 feet and ran down to about 15,000 feet, the park said.<\/p>\n<p>Two mountaineering rangers on the mountain responded within minutes after spotting Vizzini&#8217;s partner amid the avalanche debris, the park statement said. They were able to detect a beacon signal and find Vizzini, who was mostly buried in debris. The rangers tried lifesaving measures, but he was pronounced dead early Tuesday evening, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Vizzini&#8217;s body was recovered and transferred to the state medical examiner&#8217;s office. His partner sustained minor injuries and was scheduled to leave the mountain Wednesday, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>There have been approximately 13 avalanche-related deaths and more than 130 total deaths on the mountain recorded in the history of the park, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/dena\/learn\/news\/skier-death-avalanche-6-11-25.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">officials said<\/a> Wednesday<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/12\/17027541-8557-4303-bbb1-19128c8160ff\/thumbnail\/620x513\/678718b926c03a5c3fa0e30a44ff24a7\/rescue-gully-from-top-of-the-fixed-lines-8037487-3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698#\" alt=\"rescue-gully-from-top-of-the-fixed-lines-8037487-3.jpg \" height=\"513\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/12\/17027541-8557-4303-bbb1-19128c8160ff\/thumbnail\/620x513\/678718b926c03a5c3fa0e30a44ff24a7\/rescue-gully-from-top-of-the-fixed-lines-8037487-3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/12\/17027541-8557-4303-bbb1-19128c8160ff\/thumbnail\/1240x1026\/8a514d907f3ea8072287e0f7c152d08b\/rescue-gully-from-top-of-the-fixed-lines-8037487-3.jpg?v=d2f497bd9339ad99d2e0559414346698 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Rescue Gully on Mt. McKinley where the avalanche took place on June 10, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NPS Photo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alex-chiu-denali-alaska-climber\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Alex Chiu<\/a><\/span>, a ski mountaineer from Seattle, died from a 3,000-foot fall on the mountain&#8217;s West Buttress climbing route. Chiu is one of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mount-denali-climbers-body-found-alaska-north-americas-tallest\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">multiple<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mount-denali-climbers-body-found-alaska-north-americas-tallest\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">climbers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who have\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/climbers-stranded-hypothermia-rescue-denali-mountain-tallest-north-america-alaska\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died in falls<\/a><\/span>\u00a0since 1980 along this section of Mount McKinley&#8217;s West Buttress route, according to NPS.<\/p>\n<p>The climbing season typically runs from early May to early July. There are about 500 climbers on Mount McKinley currently, the park said.<\/p>\n<p>Mount McKinley had its <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/interior-department-gulf-of-mexico-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">name changed<\/a><\/span> back from Denali in January in response\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-rename-gulf-of-mexico-denali\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">to an executive order<\/a><\/span>\u00a0signed by President Trump after he took office.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mt-mckinley-avalanche-kills-skier-after-climber-death\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on Alaska&#8217;s Mount McKinley, officials said Wednesday \u2014 just days after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[921,2716,920],"class_list":["post-32453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us","tag-alaska","tag-avalanche","tag-denali"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mt. 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