Authorities say three people are dead after getting caught in an avalanche while heli-skiing in Alaska. The avalanche occurred on Tuesday, March 4, near the West Fork of 20 Mile River, by the town of ...

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UMA instructor explains how to search for someone using an avalanche beacon. If your partner disappears in an avalanche, you will start a signal search where you move in a zigzag pattern down the ...

The guides told troopers they used avalanche beacons to identify an area where the skiers were likely buried. The beacons estimated the missing skiers to be somewhere between 40 and 100 feet under ...

The guides used avalanche beacons to identify an area where the skiers were likely buried under 40 to nearly 100 feet of snow. Troopers said the skiers were unable to be immediately recovered due ...

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The body of Tucker Challan, 16, was recovered from the avalanche site on Sunday morning, Alaska State Troopers said.

The avalanche "came down" on four skiers making a run on Terminal Cancer. "Everyone made it out alive," according to the ...

Experts say three pieces of gear are essential: an avalanche beacon or transceiver, which sends location signals to others; a shovel to test snowpack or dig out companions; and a thin, folding ...

If you're buried in a tree well, and have a clear airway, blowing a whistle could help your friends or ski patrol find you.

Dangerous avalanche conditions were reported in the area at the time. Avalanche beacons estimated that three victims were buried in the snow between 40 feet to nearly 100 feet deep. State troopers ...