Volunteer Search and Rescue hiked up the Gold Mint Trail into Hatcher Pass and located two stranded men during the early morning hours on Saturday after Helo-3 as well as a Park Ranger attempted and failed to reach the two men due to weather conditions. Troopers were notified of two men stranded in the pass […]
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 […]
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 […]