The weekend search for more human remains along the Donjek Trail in Kluane National Park is being described as successful.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Brad Kaeding said this morning the bones recovered included a lower jaw that will be used by staff at the University of British Columbia to conduct a dental analysis and assist with the identification.

It's believed that all remains recovered so far belong to the same individual, he said.

The search was prompted by last September's discovery of an abandoned backpack and some human remains found on the Donjek Trail, though it was too late in the year to search further in the mountainous region.

Kaeding said there were 30 personnel involved over the weekend, including the RCMP dog handler and his dog, an identification specialist and two other officers.

The team also included park staff and search and rescue personnel from both Whitehorse and the Kluane region.

"We are very hopeful at this point that a dental analysis can be done,” said the staff sergeant. "We are hoping for a pretty quick identification, in the next couple of days.”

Kaeding said it will be very difficult to determine the cause of death from the remains recovered, although the investigation is ongoing and the Yukon coroner's office is involved.

The RCMP have confirmed the backpack found last fall belonged to a German man who was reported missing in June 2012 by his family in Germany.

Till Moritz Gerull flew to the Yukon in 2011 to hike in the wilderness but never returned home, and did not book a return flight.

Kaeding explained last week while the backpack did belong to Gerull, it was not possible to make an identification with the remains found last year.

The RCMP normally obtains dental records of those reported missing should any evidence turn up, and similarly DNA from family members is also obtained, he explained.

Kaeding confirmed Gerull's dental records will be among those examined at UBC.

The search team flew in last Thursday and set up camp at the location where the initial remains were found at the confluence of the Donjek River and Hoge Creek, about a three- or four-day hike in along the trail.

The team, said Kaeding, covered about one square kilometre.

"They were down on their hands and knees looking for things in the brush but managed to find a reasonable amount of material.”

Kaeding said the material was scattered.

Some was concentrated in one location, and other material was not, he said.

If the dental analysis is not conclusive, investigators will turn to a DNA analysis which would include obtaining a sample from a member of the Gerull family, he explained.