Three skiers were likely killed when an avalanche swept them away on a remote mountain range in Alaska ... to the remote backcountry in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, a skiing community ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away ... skiers late Tuesday afternoon in the Chugach Mountains near the skiing community ...

Alaska State Troopers said the skiers had all come from other states to the mountain near Girdwood, close to Alaska's largest resort, Alyeska. A spokeswoman for Chugach Powder Guides, which took ...