Three climbers from Latvia are dead following a fall on North America’s highest peak. The accident occurred on ‘the Autobahn,’ a treacherous section of the ascent.

Denali National Park and Preserve mountaineering rangers also responded to help evacuate two climbers late Wednesday night.

RIGA - The three Latvian climbers who died in the Denali expedition fell about 300 meters down a steep slope of snow and ice, Valdis Purins, one of the expedition members, said in a social media post.

A 52-year-old woman died and her climbing partner was seriously injured after they fell approximately 1,000 feet off of a mountain in Denali National Park in Alaska, officials said. The incident ...

In July 1967, two separate groups of young men set out to climb Denali (Mount McKinley). Those groups ended up merging into ...