A mountain rescue team from Banff, Alta. has successfully recovered the bodies of two men who fell to their deaths in separate incidences recently.

The five-member team recovered the first body Friday from a crevasse on the Swanson Glacier, some 65 kilometres south of Atlin in northern B.C., Whitehorse RCMP Sgt. Don Rogers said this morning.

He said the second body was recovered Saturday from a crevasse south of Haines Junction.

A 47-year-old heli-guide was skiing on the glacier May 1 with another guide and four clients of the Atlin heli-ski company when he stopped to take a picture of the group and fell through the snow in a deep crevasse.

While a climber from the company was able to descend the 35 metres to the body later the same day, he was unable to make the recovery himself.

Inclement weather prohibited any further attempts until Friday.

On April 28, a 52-year-old man from Maple Ridge, B.C., was snowmobiling when he jumped off his machine and broke through the snow and fell into a crevasse west of the Haines Highway.

A rescue team from Kluane National Park was not able to reach the body because of dangerous conditions but was able to descend low enough to confirm the man had been killed in the fall.

The recovery was made after the five-member team from Banff determined conditions had stabilized enough to make the attempt.

"They had the necessary expertise, training and equipment and were able to recover the bodies and provide some degree of comfort to the families of the individuals,” said Rogers.

The identities of the two men have not been released.