A radio station owner and his two friends were killed after heli-skiing onto a rugged Alaskan mountain and getting trapped in a massive avalanche on Tuesday. David Linder, 39, Charles Eppard, 39, and Jeremy Leif,
Alaska State Troopers continue to search for three backcountry skiers who are missing after an avalanche earlier this week.
Colorado experiences the most avalanche deaths, with 325 people killed since 1950. Alaska ranks second ... in the Chugach Mountains just north of Anchorage. A year later, a heli-ski guide scouting ...
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.