National Parks Service says that the soft slab avalanche occurred on Tuesday below the Rescue Gully above Camp 14 on the West Buttress Route.

Authorities are confirming the death of a skier who triggered an avalanche alongside his climbing partner, a snowboarder, while descending a slope in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

A 29-year-old skier from Washington was killed after being caught in an avalanche on Mt. McKinley in Alaska. The National Park Service said Nicholas Vizzini died Monday after being caught in a soft slab avalanche along the West Buttress Route.