Searchers believe they have located the remains of Wasilla skiier, 33-year-old Dr Liam Walsh, who fell victim to an avalanche in November of 2015 in the Hatcher Pass area. The Alaska Mountain Rescue Group located the body while conducting a planned recovery search with Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs on Wednesday for Walsh’s remains. The […]
At 10 am on Thursday, Alaska State Troopers in Haines were notified of an avalanche incident. According to the caller, 29-year-old Bode Merrill of Utah “was snowboarding with a local guiding company.” According to the report, “Merrill stepped out of the helicopter and onto a cornice. The cornice broke before Merrill could grab his gear. […]
Alaska State Troopers, along with the Fort Greely Fire and Rescue from the Valdez Avalanche Center, are responding to a possibly fatal avalanche report in the area of Summit Lake last night. The call came in to troopers at 7:45 pm on Monday night from a snow-machiner at that location, but because the closest assets […]
At 2:54 pm on Sunday, Alaska State Troopers received a report of an avalanche in the mountains near Summit Lake. It was reported that by-standers at the scene dug her out of the snow, and performed CPR, but, efforts were unsuccessful. The victim, identified as 25-year-old Claire Sundgren, of North Pole, was declared deceased at the […]