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 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 building.