Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures heli-skiing guide Aaron Karitis of Bend, Ore., died Monday night at Anchorage’s Providence Medical Center following a Saturday avalanche west of Haines.
The state medical examiner’s office said it received a report of Karitis’ death from the hospital at about 11:30 p.m.
According to trooper spokesperson Beth Ipsen, Karitis was not wearing a helmet, avalanche airbag or AvaLung (a device that allows users to draw oxygen from an increased surface area…
