(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Klehini Valley Volunteer Fire Department chief Richard Gunnick watches as a state Department of Transportation loader prepares to pull a vehicle out of an avalanche near 16-Mile of the Haines Highway on Friday, Jan. 9, 2025, near Haines, Alaska.

Earlier this month, the city of Juneau issued official warnings advising hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes due to avalanche risk following heavy snowfall. 

Over 50 residents evacuated to one downtown…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.