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

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 ...

such as the first party to reach the top of the mountain in 1913. The first of those, Walter Harper, was an Alaska Native. Another, Episcopal priest Hudson Stuck, wrote the same year about the ...

Stuck on a 30-degree slope in the Wyoming ... to skiing in the lower 48,” says Jones. “So many of the mountains up in Alaska are just uncharted terrain. And there’s so much creativity ...

Alaska State Troopers said three skiers are likely dead after an avalanche buried them in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, Alaska, on Tuesday.

Troopers and rescue teams are working to reach skiers trapped by an avalanche in the remote backcountry near Girdwood ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of dozens of feet of snow ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of dozens of feet of snow ...