The 1967 Mount McKinley disaster occurred in July 1967 when seven climbers died on Mount McKinley (also known as Denali) while attempting to descend from the summit in a severe blizzard estimated to be the worst to occur on the mountain in 100 years. [1]

From 1903 through the end of the 2006 climbing season, 96 individuals died on Denali. The fatality rate is declining and is 3.08/1,000 summit attempts. Of the 96 deaths, 92% were male, 51% occurred on the West Buttress route, and 45% were due to injuries sustained from falls.

Jan 10, 1993 · ANCHORAGE - A record number of climbers tried for the summit of Mount McKinley last year and a record number died, according to a year-end mountaineering summary by the National Park Service....

Jul 20, 2014 · A 1967 expedition to the top of Denali (Mount McKinley), America's highest peak, turned tragic when seven members of a 12-man team lost their lives in a storm.

Aug 20, 2014 · On July 18, 1967, a fierce snowstorm rolled across Alaska’s Mount McKinley (a.k.a. Denali), killing seven of the 12 college students who were summiting the mountain that day. We still don’t...

Between 1903 and 1975 about 1 percent of climbers on Mount McKinley (Denali) and Mount Foraker in Alaska died. In 1976 a total of ten (1.7 percent) of 587 mountaineers died, but this rate of death was not significantly higher than previously.

In what's known as the 1967 Mount McKinley disaster Jerry Clark (age 31), Steve Taylor (age 22), Dennis Luchterhand (age 24), Mark McLaughlin (age 23), Anshel Schiff (age 30), Hank Janes (age 25), John Russell (age 23) died when severe storm hit Denali.

Oct 15, 2014 · Of the 12 who went up the mountain, 11 made the summit but only five came down alive. It was, at the time and remains, the biggest mountaineering tragedy in Alaskan history.

The 1967 Mount McKinley disaster occurred in July 1967 when seven climbers died on Denali (then still officially known as Mount McKinley) while attempting to descend from the summit in a severe blizzard estimated to be the worst to occur on the mountain in 100 years. 1 The accident is the deadliest to occur on Denali and was at the time one of ...

Mar 10, 2008 · From 1903 through the end of the 2006 climbing season, 96 individuals died on Denali. The fatality rate is declining and is 3.08/1000 summit attempts. Of the 96 deaths, 92% were male, 51% occurred on the West Buttress route, and 45% were due to …