Heli-Skier Dies in Alaska Avalanche

0:00It's March 29th. Welcome in. This is Anchorage News Today, where local news meets AI. A California man, Healey Skiing in Alaska's Chugok Mountains near Lake George got swept up in an avalanche Friday and later died at an Anchorage hospital. State troopers confirmed the guides pulled him from the slide and rushed him for treatment, but he didn't pull through. Silverton Mountain Guides out of Gerdwood handled the rescue. They've been running Healey Ski ops in Alaska since 2008, according to their site. Troopers say next of kin got the tough call already. This tragedy shakes up the tight-knit backcountry crowd, highlighting the raw risks of dropping into untracked powder. Families and friends are left reeling from yet another loss in South Central Alaska's steep terrain. It's part of a rough pattern lately. In 2024, a European skier on a Silverton trip died in a fall right near Lake George. In March 2025, brought three deaths from the lower 48 in an avalanche on a Chugotch powder guides run near Gerdwood.

1:02With probes on going into this latest slide, the Helliski world stays on edge, weighing thrills against those brutal mound realities.