JUNEAU, Alaska — A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on North America's tallest peak, officials said Wednesday — the second death of this year's climbing season on Alaska's Mount ...

A skier has died after being caught in an avalanche on Mount McKinley, North America 's tallest peak, officials have said. The Denali National Park and Preserve said that 29-year-old Nicholas ...

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.

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) ...

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. Becky Bohrer - AP ...

At Denali National Park, websites changed the name of North America’s tallest mountain within 10 days; it was listed as Denali on Jan. 28, and by Jan. 30, it was “Mount McKinley.” ...