The avalanche occurred late Tuesday afternoon near Girdwood, a skiing community about 40 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska.

Alaska State Troopers say three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche ...

The large avalanche occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, according to the Alaska Department of ...

Troopers identified the three missing skiers caught in the avalanche as David Linder, Charles Eppard and Jeremy Leif.

An avalanche in the Alaskan backcountry buried three skiers under at least 40 feet of snow, Alaska Wildlife Troopers said in a dispatch Wednesday. The blanket of debris could be as deep as 100 ...

Avalanche danger remains considerable at Turnagain Pass, where this avalanche occurred about 45 minutes south of Anchorage.

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 ...

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 ...

While Alaska State Troopers had been unable to assess ... But the victims were unable to be immediately recovered because of how deep they were buried, McDaniel said. The snow deposited by the ...

The avalanche occurred 8 miles northeast of the airport in Girdwood. The city is considered the skiing capital of Alaska. If ...