[content id=”79272″] Searchers on the ground and in the air continue the search for 62-year-old Marites Buenafe, who went missing during a hike in Juneau on Tuesday. Buenafe, a passenger on a cruise ship that had pulled into the Juneau port, had decided on Tuesday morning to take the tram then hike along Gold Ridge […]
While the bodies of the three heliskiers caught up and buried in an avalanche near Girdwoodremain unrecovered. they have been confirmed dead and identified. According to Alaska State Troopers, the three men were identified as: 39-year-old David Linder of Florida 39-year-old Charles Eppard of Montana 38-year-old Jeremy Leif of Minnesota. The avalanche is reported to […]
Wildlife T^roopers were notified at 5:10 pm on Tuesday that an avalanche had occurred near the West Fork of 20 Mile River near Girdwood. They were also informed that the avalanche had buried three heliskiers. The investigation found that the avalanche happened at around 3:30 pm. Guides from the heliskiing operation, Chugach Powder Guides, immediately […]