ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The remains of a heli-skier killed in March in an avalanche near Girdwood have been identified as 39-year-old David Linder of Florida, according to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch.
Two other men were killed in the avalanche but their remains have not yet been found, troopers say.
Linder’s body was recovered Oct. 3, months after the slide. The remains of the two other men involved in the slide, 39-year-old Charles Eppard of Montana and 38-year-old Jeremy Leif of Minnesota, have not yet been identified.
The avalanche hit near the west fork of Twentymile River about 10 miles south down the Seward Highway from Girdwood around 3:30 p.m. on March 4. Chugach Powder Guides, the company providing access to the slopes, confirmed the three men deployed their avalanche airbags as they were swept away…