This March 29, 2005, photo shows a helicopter transporting skiers back to Girdwood, Alaska, at the end of a day of heli-skiing. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP) The community welcome sign ...

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.

BIGFORK — Recovery efforts have been delayed in Alaska after an avalanche killed three men who were heli-skiing, including a ...

Leif leaves behind his wife, Linh Kieu Leif, and their two sons, Austin and Hudson. "Whenever we all got together, he was the ...

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 – 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 ...

The avalanche occurred 8 miles northeast of the airport in Girdwood. The city is considered the skiing capital of Alaska. If the three deaths are confirmed, it'll be the deadliest avalanche in the U.S ...

Three men with Minnesota ties are among the missing and feared dead after an avalanche in Girdwood, Alaska, last Tuesday.

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

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.

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 ...