Authorities say three people are dead after getting caught in an avalanche while heli-skiing in Alaska. The avalanche occurred on Tuesday, March 4, near the West Fork of 20 Mile River, by the town of ...

A 16-year-old was riding a snowmobile in the Kenai Mountains when he was swept away and buried, officials said.

were on a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood — about 40 miles south of Anchorage — when they were caught in a “large avalanche” at around 3:30 p.m., Alaska ...

Three men flown by helicopter to the Alaska backcountry for a skiing trip are presumed dead after they were caught in a massive avalanche, authorities said Wednesday. The avalanche happened ...

The slide happened late Tuesday afternoon near the skiing community of Girdwood, located about 40 miles south of Anchorage, Austin McDaniel, a spokesperson for the Alaska State Troopers, said in a ...

Three heli-skiers are missing and presumed dead after being swept up in a massive avalanche in Alaska. According to the ...

The victims were skiing with Chugach Powder Guides, a heli-skiing operation based in Girdwood, Alaska on a run the guide service frequents. Eye-witness accounts claim all three skiers deployed their ...

A Homer lawyer specializing in recreation and adventure law, who told the Anchorage Daily News she was acting as a spokesperson for the heli-skiing company, refused to comment to Alaska Public Media.

A year later, a heli-ski guide scouting an area for clients died when an avalanche carried his body nearly 1500 feet (457 meters) down a mountain, Alaska State Troopers said at the time.

The three men killed Tuesday by a massive avalanche during a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood came together in Alaska after meeting years ago in Minnesota.

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