At the top of the mountain is the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, named for its view.Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. Alaska ranks ...

The avalanche happened Tuesday afternoon in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, a small resort town about 40 miles southeast of Anchorage, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

At the top of the mountain is the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, named for its view.Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. Alaska ranks ...

At the top of the mountain is the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, named for its view.Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. Alaska ranks ...

At the top of the mountain is the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, named for its view.Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. Alaska ranks ...

At the top of the mountain is the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, named for its view.Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. Alaska ranks ...

At the top of the mountain is the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, named for its view.Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. Alaska ranks ...

At the top of the mountain is the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, named for its view.Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the U.S., according to the National Avalanche Center. Alaska ranks ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (FOX 9) - Alaska authorities say they are not able to recover the bodies of three Minnesota men after they were caught in an avalanche south of Anchorage earlier this week.