From hearing from a relative of mine that knows and has talked with the guy that found Jennifer:
she was covered really good with snow... he first spotted a coyote trail...heavily used. He never gave much thought about it... went home.. got to thinking about it, went back down with his dog.. he then spotted what he thought looked like a foot.... kicked some snow, then saw a hand... really freaked him out.... states that she was in a fetal position, decay had started, but recognizeable as her.
Would love the Science folks, of which I am not, to speak to why her face would be somewhat recognizable, as well as what ORR has described above (hand, foot).
It's the environment: the snow, the temperature, etc.
Decomposition slowed down.
Is there something akin to a sort of "mummification" here?