An intense search will begin Thursday around the remote area in Kluane National Park where human remains were found last fall.

Whitehorse RCMP Staff Sgt. Brad Kaeding said this morning approximately 20 personnel from the RCMP, Parks Canada and the local search and rescue service will fly in tomorrow to spend the weekend at the site next to Hoge Creek.

A backpack and camping equipment belonging to a German tourist reported missing in 2012 were found at the site, along with bones determined to be human, he said.

Kaeding said while it was confirmed the bones belonged to a male, it was not possible to determine identification from the remains recovered.

The intent of the search is to thoroughly comb the area to see if additional evidence can be found that will help with the identification of the remains, the staff sergeant explained.

"I think we can attribute the backpack to the one hiker that was on our missing persons' list.”

From the officer's understanding, the site in question is located about a three- or four-hour hike down the Donjek trail.

Kaeding said the remains and camping equipment were reported to the RCMP by Parks Canada staff last September.

By that time, however, it was too late in the year to conduct a thorough search in the mountainous region, he said.

Kaeding said the search crew will fly in by helicopter tomorrow, set up camp and spend the next few days going over the area.

"Further decisions will be made depending on the success they have there and what further information they do find,” he said.

"That is the point we are right at the moment: a full search effort to see what other evidence we can find out there.”

German tourist Till Moritz Gerull was reported missing by his family in June 2012, a year after travelling to the Yukon but failing to return home or book a return flight.

Gerull was planning to walk through the forest of Canada, though he hadn't had any contact with his family for a year when they reported him missing.

The public was asked back then to assist by providing any information that could help locate Gerull.

Kaeding said police believe the camping gear located at the site belonged to Gerull.