Girdwood is a tourist community that caters to winter events, with downhill skiing and snowboarding at the Alyeska Resort in ...

A 38-year-old Minnesota man was identified as one of three people believed to have died in an avalanche south of Anchorage.

Troopers identified the three missing skiers caught in the avalanche as David Linder, Charles Eppard and Jeremy Leif.

Avalanches kill about two dozen people annually in the U.S. Predicting their likelihood, potential severity and location ...

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 dozens of feet of snow, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.

Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm. Recovery efforts ...

Alaska State Troopers on Thursday released the identities of the three missing men caught in the slide: Dave Linder, 39, of Florida; Charles Eppard, 39, of Montana, and Jeremy Leif, 38, of Minnesota.