The group was traveling with guides from a commercial heli-skiing operation ... avalanche while on a helicopter skiing trip outside Anchorage on Tuesday, officials in Alaska said.
The avalanche occurred late Tuesday afternoon near Girdwood, a skiing community about 40 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska.
Three men flown by helicopter to the Alaska backcountry for a skiing trip ... Guides from a commercial heli-skiing operation attempted to locate the skiers using avalanche beacons to identify ...
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 ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Multiple skiers were reported trapped in the Alaska backcountry after being swept up in an avalanche, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday. The number of skiers and their ...
Alaska ranks second behind Colorado for the most avalanche deaths in the nation, with 172 deaths since 1950, according to the center. In 2021, Czech billionaire Petr Kellner and four others died in a ...
This March 29, 2005, photo shows a helicopter transporting skiers back to Girdwood, Alaska, at the end of a day of heli-skiing. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP) The community welcome sign ...