Alex Chiu died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley. The 41-year-old man wasn’t wearing a rope during the incident. Two mountaineers on the excursion with Chiu witnessed him fall.

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.

Alex Chiu died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley. The 41-year-old man wasn’t wearing a rope during the incident. Two mountaineers on the excursion with Chiu witnessed him fall.

Becky Bohrer 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. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) ...

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 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 McKinley. Nicholas ...

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