Poor weather conditions prevented search and rescue from sending a team to locate and recover Chiu's body until early in the morning on June 4.

Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending Mount McKinley's West Buttress climbing route with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot known as Squirrel Point, according to park officials.

A Seattle man's body was recovered in Alaska after he fell about 3,000 feet while hiking at Mount McKinley this week, the National Park Service said.