Officials at the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center have confirmed that three skiers on a heli-skiing tour died in an ...

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 continue to search for three backcountry skiers who are missing after an avalanche earlier this week.

The recovery of the bodies of three men who were killed in an avalanche while heli-skiing in the mountains near Girdwood has been postponed until conditions improve, authorities said Friday.

Alaska state troopers say they, along with avalanche experts and a technical mountain rescue expert, determined it is not possible for a team to safely recover the bodies under the current conditions.

Between resignations, firings and paperwork errors, at least 23 of the roughly 200 people in the Weather Service's Alaska offices are no longer with the agency, a union source said.

Authorities have paused recovery efforts for three heliskiers buried in a Girdwood avalanche due to extreme conditions.

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