Alaska State Troopers say a teenager has died after being buried by snow in an avalanche. The accident happened Saturday when ...

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.

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 ...

The victims were skiing with Chugach Powder Guides, a heli-skiing operation based ... will need to spend significant time in the area," explains a Daily Dispatch post from the Alaska State Troopers.

(Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center via AP)AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month.

A 16-year-old died Saturday after triggering an avalanche in Turnagain Pass, Alaska. His death comes after weeks of warnings ...

Three skiers were likely killed when an avalanche swept them away on a remote mountain range in Alaska, authorities said Wednesday. The three adult skiers were flown by helicopter to the remote ...

Erin Kirkland Chugach State Park is the third-largest state park in the nation (the first, Wood-Tikchik, is also located in Alaska), clocking in at nearly half a million acres of hiking trails ...