This March 29, 2005, photo shows a helicopter transporting skiers back to Girdwood, Alaska, at the end of a day of ...

Multiple heli-skiers were trapped in an avalanche near Girdwood, Alaska, on Tuesday afternoon, and a search effort is underway to rescue them despite deep snow complicating recovery efforts ...

The group was traveling with guides from a commercial heli-skiing operation, which escorts backcountry skiers via helicopter to the tops of mountains that are otherwise inaccessible.

If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in Washington’s Cascade Range two years ago.

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

Three men, all with Minnesota ties, are missing after an avalanche in Alaska. They were heli-skiing on Tuesday near Girdwood, Alaska, when they were buried in an avalanche. Search efforts for the men ...

Alta reported Friday it has received over 400 inches of snowfall this season, making it one of the few in North America to do ...

Alaska State Troopers say three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers, who were believed to have died after being buried in snow.

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story ...

Authorities in Alaska say they will attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers earlier this week GIRDWOOD, Alaska -- Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt ...