Alaska State Troopers say three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche ...

Alaska State Troopers say an avalanche swept up and buried three skiers under a blanket of snow that could be 100 feet deep in the Alaska backcountry ...

Alaska ranks second behind Colorado for the most avalanche deaths in the nation ... in the Chugach Mountains just north of Anchorage. A year later, a heli-ski guide scouting an area for clients ...

An avalanche in Alaska backcountry swept up and buried ... located about 64 kilometres south of Anchorage, said McDaniel. Guides from the heli-skiing company attempted to locate the skiers.

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