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Forecasters advised that both natural and human-triggered avalanches were likely due to a combination of heavy rain, snowfall ...
A 16-year-old died Saturday after triggering an avalanche in Turnagain Pass, Alaska. His death comes after weeks of warnings of the avalanche danger in the area and it follows the deaths of three ...
The body of Tucker Challan, 16, was recovered from the avalanche site on Sunday morning, Alaska State Troopers said.
A 16-year-old boy died after he was caught in an avalanche in Alaska, officials said. A group of people were riding snow ...
Alaska State Troopers were alerted to an avalanche in Turnagain Pass on Saturday, March 22 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also ...
A teenage snowmachiner was caught in an avalanche Saturday afternoon in the Turnagain Pass area and died, authorities said, marking the second fatal avalanche in Southcentral Alaska this month.
Due to ongoing avalanche danger in the area, the snowmobiler's remains couldn't be recovered until Sunday. His next of kin have been notified, troopers said. "This, like all accidents, is incredibly ...
A 16-year-old snowmachiner died Saturday after he was buried in an avalanche in Turnagain Pass, according to Alaska State Troopers. Word of the slide that killed Soldotna resident Tucker Challan ...
Active weather continues over the southcentral region. Winter weather has prompted an advisory for snow in Turnagain Pass and Whittier for 4 to 8 inches of snow, Portage Valley could see 6 to 10 ...
KENAI, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A 16-year-old boy in Alaska was killed after he was buried in an avalanche, according to authorities. The Alaska State Troopers received a report for a fatal ...
Apr. 5—An avalanche warning is in place through Saturday from Girdwood to Portage Valley, Whittier and Turnagain Pass as rain, snow and strong winds are on track to overload an already unstable ...
A group of people were riding snow machines, or snowmobiles, in Turnagain Pass on March 22, and the teen “triggered an avalanche and died after being buried,” Alaska state troopers said in a ...