GIRDWOOD — Alaska State Troopers say human remains have been recovered from the site of the massive March avalanche near Girdwood that killed three out-of-state heliskiers.

According to a Monday update from the Department of Public Safety, DPS HELO 3 and a recovery team from the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group reached the slide area on November 2 and recovered the remains, which have been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for positive identification. Next of kin have been notified, and Troopers say the man’s identity will be released once it has been confirmed.

The discovery marks the second set of remains recovered from the avalanche that struck near the West Fork of the Twentymile River on March 4, 2025 — about 20 miles northeast of Girdwood. The slide buried three men beneath a

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