Alaska Wildlife Troopers said an avalanche buried three skiers under a blanket of snow between 40 and 100 feet deep in a ...

The three missing skiers who were reportedly buried under up to 100 feet of snow after an avalanche in the Alaska backcountry ...

Tragedy struck in Alaska Tuesday afternoon, when three men skiing near Girdwood—about 40 miles south of Anchorage—were swept ...

If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in ...

A radio station owner and his two friends were killed after heli-skiing onto a rugged Alaskan mountain and getting trapped in ...

The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center also issued a special bulletin warning of dangerous avalanche ...

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

Girdwood is a tourist community that caters to winter events, with downhill skiing and snowboarding at the Alyeska Resort in ...

Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and were likely killed ...

Radio Mankato identified one of the skiers caught in the backcountry avalanche as David Linder, who was part of a heli-skiing ...

Persistent warmth and rains have wreaked havoc with ski races and other events in the Anchorage area. Organizers are ...

Both brothers settled in the West, Charlie in Montana and Jon in Anchorage ... for the region has been a weak layer of snow that was buried up to 2 feet (60 centimeters) or more beneath ...