The incident marks the first avalanche related deaths in Alaska this winter season.

Alaska State Troopers were unable to assess the site but said they do not believe the three skiers survived the avalanche.

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

Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under ...

After the tragic loss of three heli-skiers in an avalanche on Tuesday, professional freeride skier and avalanche survivor Elyse Saugstad said it’s a tragedy with wide impact in the “small world” of ...

If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in ...

With warmer weather rolling in, skiers and snowboarders are hitting the backcountry slopes, but some dangers are always ...

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

An avalanche has trapped three skiers under a pile of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story building in the Alaska backcountry.

Three heli-skiers are presumed dead after they were caught in an avalanche Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday in a ...