Found Deceased MT - Jonathan Torgerson, 62, Whitefish Mountain Resort, 17 Feb 2018

UPDATE: We are learning Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s deputies are heading to Whitefish to help look for Dr. Jonathan Torgerson.

Sheriff Leo Dutton tells MTN that Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry has requested assistance.
Three Search and Rescue members are responding now, and Dutton says more deputies will lend a hand as the weekend approaches.
Dutton adds “We will do all we can to support his mission.”

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WHITEFISH – The search for a Columbia Falls man who went missing over the weekend has entered its fifth day.

Jonathan Torgerson, 62, was reported missing Saturday after he was reportedly skiing alone in the backcountry in an out-of-bounds area near Big Mountain referred to as the Kona Area.

Search operations continued Wednesday both in the air and on the ground with more than 30 volunteer searchers.

Weather conditions continued to improve Wednesday, with clearer visibility. Below zero temperatures, high winds, snow and low visibility have previously hampered search efforts significantly both in the air and on the ground.

Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry, whose office is leading the search, says while the negative temperatures are trying on searchers, they are putting everything they’ve got into it.
He said that on Wednesday searchers are doing more thorough sweeps of areas that had previously been just cursory searched. So far there have been no results, but Sheriff Curry says they are confident they will find him.
“Certainly he is out there and it’s our job to bring him home to his family,” said Sheriff Curry.

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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office says its search crews found his body at 11 a.m. Saturday after resuming the search a few weeks ago. They say it appears he was caught in a small avalanche on the north side of the mountain. A K-9 team was reportedly instrumental in finding Dr. Torgerson's body.

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