Alaska Wildlife Troopers said an avalanche buried three skiers under a blanket of snow between 40 and 100 feet deep in a ...
Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and were likely killed ...
Alaska State Troopers say three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche ...
(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, file) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ...
Avalanche danger remains considerable at Turnagain Pass, where this avalanche occurred about 45 minutes south of Anchorage.
The large avalanche occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, according to the Alaska Department of ...
The trio had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range near Anchorage in the US state of Alaska. However, according to state troopers, they were caught in an avalanche and trapped in snow at ...
The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center also issued a special bulletin warning of dangerous avalanche ...
As the helicopter’s two front wheels — clad in giant skis for deep snow landings in Alaska’s backcountry — settled onto the train, the pilots had to keep full power on the engines as if ...
Poor weather prevented Alaska State Troopers ... The snow deposited by the avalanche was up to 100 feet deep, troopers said. The skiers were likely buried at depths greater than 30 feet, Knutson ...
The snow deposited by the avalanche was up to ... An avalanche swept away and buried skiers deep in Alaska's backcountry on Tuesday, authorities say. Credit: AP/Kevin S. Vineys As the slide ...