An avalanche has trapped three skiers under a pile of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story building in the Alaska backcountry.

Mason said that’s been happening less lately in Alaska, in part because of conservation measures. But also because the arctic tundra isn’t an easy place to do business, said Ellen R.

Sure, several inches of the white fluffy stuff blanketed the city this week. But coming off two very snowy, record-breaking ...

Unusually warm conditions, connected to long-term climate change, are taking a toll on traditional winter sports in much of Alaska ... Competitors had to make do with whatever snow organizers ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Three skiers are believed ... That means people who ski, snowmobile, snowshoe or enjoy other winter backcountry activities should check the avalanche forecast before they ...

A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month ... a popular winter recreation area about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southeast ...

We can’t see them, but there are more microbes — tiny fungi, bacteria, worms and other living things ... Alaska. That frozen ground would seem to stall microbes — especially in winter ...

The U.S. president's son has been known to do hunting ... the Arctic Winter Games The premier said another idea he's heard from a lot of Yukoners is to put a toll on the Alaska Highway for ...