Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under ...
If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in ...
The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center also issued a special bulletin warning of dangerous avalanche ...
This is Alaska’s first fatal avalanche reported this season. It is also the country’s deadliest since February 2023.
The slide caught the heli-skiers late Tuesday afternoon in the Chugach Mountains near the skiing community of Girdwood, located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Anchorage, said McDaniel.