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Two mountain climbers are presumed dead after disappearing while attempting to summit a 10,300-foot peak, according to park officials

Two climbers last heard from as they prepared to scale a peak in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve last week are believed dead, the park said Thursday.

The search for two climbers missing off a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park is being scaled back after officials determined “survival is outside the…

Denali National Park and Preserve spokesperson said Tuesday the projected path of the climbers' suspected fall would end at a heavily crevassed glacier. The glacier will be the focus for aerial search efforts in the coming days. Missing are Eli Michel, of Columbia City, Indiana, and Nafiun Awal, of Seattle. They are presumed to have fallen Friday while climbing the West Ridge route of Moose’s Tooth, a 10,300-foot mountain in Denali National Park.

A search team found “boot tracks leading” to an avalanche after two climbers went missing in Alaska. The search commenced after the climbers had not checked in on their handheld satellite communication device.