[pct-l] Two hikers dead in avalance near Snoqualmie Pass

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It wasn't me, although I am enroute to hosp w/frostbite.  More later.  
C

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 3:03 pm, Tom Griffin wrote:
> While Southern California has its wildfires, we have our torrential
> rains in the Pacific Northwest. A 20-mile stretch of I-5 is closed
> between Seattle and Portland. In addition to the lowland flooding, we
> have lost some hikers in the mountains near Snoqualmie Pass. Here is an
> article from the Seattle Times:
>
> Bodies of two hikers found near Snoqualmie Pass
>
> The bodies of two hikers who were apparently crushed by an avalanche
> last weekend were found today by a search-and-rescue team near
> Snoqualmie Pass.
>
> A 33-year-old woman, her 38-year-old husband and another man, described
> as a family friend, went a hike near the Alpental Ski Area in the 
> Alpine
> Lakes Wilderness area on Friday night, said King County sheriff's
> spokesman John Urquhart. When they didn't return home as planned on
> Sunday, the father of one of the hikers drove to Alpental Monday and
> found their vehicle in the parking lot. He then contacted the Sheriff's
> Office.
>
> The search was hampered by weather on Monday. Today searchers found the
> bodies of the woman and the family friend, 38. The woman's husband
> survived the avalanche, suffering a broken leg, and was rescued,
> Urquhart said.
>
> Their identities were not immediately released.
>
> Search-and-rescue crews are looking for another group of hikers who 
> also
> disappeared in the Cascades over the weekend. The group of four — 
> three
> men and a woman ranging in age from 22 to 55 — went hiking near the
> Denny Creek trailhead on Sunday, Urquhart said.
>
> Search-and-rescue crews have made cellphone contact with the second
> group, but haven't been able to reach them, he said.
>
> Urquhart said they believe the heavy snow followed by pounding rain
> created a perilous conditions for the two groups of hikers.
>
>
> --
> Tom (Bullfrog) Griffin
> Seattle
>
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Chris ~ S/V Drifter
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