HAMILTON — Ravalli County officials have found the body of a Corvallis skier who had been reported missing at a ski hill on the Montana-Idaho border since Dec. 22.
The Missoulian reports that Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman says the body of 65-year-old Bart Pickard was found by a Lost Trail Powder Mountain ski instructor on the south side of the mountain Saturday.
Hoffman says high winds in the area moved some of the snow that had been covering Pickard’s body.
Search and rescue crews spent two days searching Lost Trail after Pickard, an experienced skier, wet missing. They called off the search on Christmas Eve after consulting with his family.
Pickard’s body has been taken to the state crime lab in Missoula to determine the cause of death.