ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The body of one of three men killed in an avalanche while heli-skiing near Girdwood last March was recovered last week, according to state officials.
The remains have not yet been identified, but Alaska State Troopers reported Tuesday that they were found last Friday caught in a log jam in a river flowing under the avalanche slide area.
The three heli-skiers were buried up to 100 feet deep in the March 4 avalanche that left 39-year-old David Linder of Florida, 39-year-old Charles Eppard of Montana, and 38-year-old Jeremy Leif of Minnesota dead.
The avalanche hit near the west fork of Twentymile River, troopers said, about 10 miles south down the Seward Highway from Girdwood…