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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 10—High avalanche danger in the mountains around much of Southcentral Alaska prompted officials to issue a backcountry avalanche warning Saturday for areas from Anchorage to Seward.

Alaska is confronting a volatile mix of deep snow, warm rain and fierce wind that is turning steep slopes and swollen rivers into a twin threat. From the capital to Southcentral communities, avalanche danger is colliding with flood risk as storms stack up ...

HAINES, Alaska – An avalanche closed part of a highway in the borough of Haines, a small town about 90 miles north of Juneau in Alaska's panhandle on Tuesday night — the latest debris slide in the region after days of heavy rain triggered avalanches in ...

An avalanche impacted part of a lower-mountain chairlift Thursday at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, closing the lift to skiers and snowboarders

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A skier was buried for as long as 40 minutes in a massive avalanche today near the site where two snowmobilers were killed by another slide earlier this month. Ian Wilson of Portland was pulled out alive from four feet of snow, but was ...