Alaska looms large in skiing’s collective imagination. From Sammy Carlson’s seasonal excursions to Teton Gravity Research’s slate of films, flick after flick has featured the towering peaks of the ...

Since the 1990s, well-heeled visitors have flocked to Valdez for some of the most famous adventures in the skiing world: guided helicopter tours to long, steep mountain slopes with untouched powder ...

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 ...

An avalanche in the Alaska backcountry buried three skiers under a layer of snow that is estimated to be up to 100 feet deep, ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska — 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, ...

Alaska authorities found the body of a Minnesotan who have been missing along with two others during a backcountry ski trip in March. David Linder, who was 39, was identified on Monday after his ...

Winter is an exciting time for adventure travel enthusiasts, offering activities like snowshoeing, heli-skiing, and winter ...

The victims were skiing with Chugach Powder Guides, a heli-skiing operation based in Girdwood, Alaska on a run the guide service frequents. Eye-witness accounts claim all three skiers deployed their ...

One of the men killed in a Girdwood-area avalanche last March whose body was recovered earlier this week was identified as 39-year-old Charles Eppard, Alaska State Troopers said Friday. Eppard, of ...

What’s better than new gear? Free gear. Every single day of October, POWDER is doling out the goods to readers in our 31 Days of Giveaways. This isn’t a trick. It’s one sweet, once in a lifetime kind ...

This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last ...