While Alaska State Troopers had been unable to assess the site ... A foot (30 centimeters) or more of new snow with strong winds was expected at elevations above about 1,500 feet (457 meters ...

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

An enormous avalanche killed three men on Alaska’s Chugach Range early this month, a popular ski region for heli-skiiers. A Jackson guide was among ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An avalanche in Alaska backcountry swept up and buried three skiers under a blanket of snow that ...

The group was traveling with guides from a commercial heli-skiing operation, which escorts backcountry skiers via helicopter ...