In preparation for a recent Anchorage School District elementary school field trip identified as ... KMTA is an abbreviated acronym for Kenai Mountains – Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor ...

Authorities have identified three men who died Tuesday after being buried by a massive avalanche during a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood. The Alaska State Troopers on ...

Girdwood is the skiing capital of Alaska and home to the Alyeska Resort at the base of Mount Alyeska, where people downhill ski or snowboard amid stunning views of Turnagain Arm. At the top of the ...

Avalanche forecasters at the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center said a “touchy” snowpack led to numerous recent human-triggered avalanches across the broad Turnagain Pass ...

On Tuesday, in that Turnagain zone, the center rated avalanche danger as “considerable” above 1,500 feet. A storm that overloaded the weak layer with new snow has increased avalanche danger to ...

According to the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center, avalanche danger remains considerable at Turnagain Pass, where this avalanche occurred about 45 minutes south of Anchorage.

Girdwood is the skiing capital of Alaska, and home to the Alyeska Resort, at the base of Mount Alyeska, where people downhill ski or snowboard amid stunning views of Turnagain Arm. At the top of ...