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

They were likely killed under the weight of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story building, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.

Three men are feared dead after being hit by a massive avalanche while on a backcountry heli-skiing trip in the US state of ...

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

It appears to be the first fatal avalanche this winter in Alaska and the country's deadliest since an avalanche in Washington ...

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

Efforts to recover the three men who died in an avalanche Tuesday while they were on a guided heli-ski trip in the Chugach ...

Alaska State Troopers on Thursday released the identities of the three missing men caught in the slide: Dave Linder, 39, of Florida; Charles Eppard, 39, of Montana, and Jeremy Leif, 38, of Minnesota.

The three men killed Tuesday by a massive avalanche during a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood ...

Three skiers were likely killed when an avalanche swept them away on a ... flown by helicopter to the remote backcountry in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, a skiing community about 40 miles ...