The City of Ketchikan is recovering from a rock slide Thursday morning that left hundreds of people displaced — no injuries ...
Officials are urging residents to make plans for an extended closure after Thursday morning's slide near Wolfe Point.
A trio of skiers is likely buried under an avalanche near Anchorage, Alaska, that occurred Tuesday afternoon, but dangerous backcountry conditions have so far stymied recovery operations, officials ...
It appears to be the first fatal avalanche this winter in Alaska and the country's deadliest since an avalanche in Washington's Cascade Mountains killed three climbers in 2023.
Forecast for avalanches remains high in the area of Alaska where three skiers who were flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by and likely killed under the weight of dozens of ...
Crews are working to remove large boulders in the road in order to better assess the slope above North Tongass Avenue, which remains unstable.
The avalanche occurred late Tuesday afternoon near Girdwood, a skiing community about 40 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska.
The slide happened late Tuesday afternoon near the skiing community of Girdwood, located about 40 miles south of Anchorage, Austin McDaniel, a spokesperson for the Alaska State Troopers ...
Remote detonations are also used to trigger slides intentionally and remove risky buildup before skiers are allowed on the slopes, said Chris Lundy, an avalanche specialist with the National Avalanche ...
Alaska State Troopers say an avalanche swept away and buried three skiers who are believed to be dead under a pile of snow that could be 100 feet deep in the Alaska backcountry.
the Alaska State Troopers said in a news release. The slide happened around 3:30 p.m. local time. The skiers have been identified as David Linder, 39, of Florida; Charles Eppard, 39, of Montana ...
The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center also issued a special bulletin warning of dangerous avalanche conditions in the mountains across a wide swath of Southcentral Alaska.