Alaska State Troopers and volunteer searchers have so far been unable to recover the bodies of three heli-skiers caught in an avalanche last spring in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood.
The March 4 avalanche killed 39-year-old Florida resident David Linder, 39-year-old Montana resident Charles Eppard and 38-year-old Minnesota resident Jeremy Leif. The three friends grew up together in Minnesota and were on a guided heli-skiing trip with Chugach Powder Guides near the west fork of the Twentymile River, according to troopers.
Despite repeated efforts over the summer — including the troopers flying in members of the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group and Girdwood Fire Department — the men’s bodies remain on the mountain, troopers spokesman Austin McDaniel said in an interview Wednesday…