Alaska State Troopers, an Alaska State Parks Ranger, the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, and Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs scrambled to the scene of a reported avalanche after a call was made to the Anchorage Police Department reporting a person had been swept away near Little O’Malley Park on Sunday. Although Helo-2 was requested, it was […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed the name of the avalanche victim who died near the Nelchina Glacier on Saturday as 50-year-old Randy Pratt of Anchorage, the trooper dispatch reported on Sunday. It was early afternoon on Saturday that Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers from Glennallen responded to a report of an avalanche with victims […]
A Saturday avalanche east of the Summit Lake area of Hatcher Pass Road took the life of a 25-year-old Anchorage resident who was snowboarding in the area at the time of the incident, it was reported in the trooper dispatch. A call went into the Alaska State troopers at 2:16 PM on Saturday notifying them […]
Alaska Park Rangers and the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group are assessing hazardous snow conditions and will make a possible attempt at retrieving the remains of a snow-machiner who died in a Hatcher Pass avalanche on Saturday, troopers have revealed. Alaska State Troopers responded to the Hatcher Pass Lodge after receiving the report of the incident […]