View of Lake Crescent from Mt. Storm King
Olympic National Park officials reported that a 21-year-old Oregon man suffered fatal injuries after falling 20 to 30 feet last Friday while hiking down Mt. Storm King. His hiking partner, who reported the fall, used ropes to descend from the summit; the victim took a different path, scrambling off-trail through a rocky area.
The 16-year-old slipped on the icy trail and fell several hundred feet.
Rescue swimmers medevaced a 17-year-old who fell while hiking last weekend.
The man fell about 90 feet after reportedly climbing on the butte's lookout.
The 75-year-old Olympia man left his group to hike cross-country.
The 69-year-old woman slipped while hiking a popular trail in the Mt. Baker National Forest.
The 24-year-old, stationed on the USS Nimitz, disappeared after a dayhike near Sequim.
The 71-year-old Port Angeles woman had been lost in the park since July 17.
Flooding and a landslide have shuttered the Elwha Valley, Hoh Road, and Staircase Road.
The park's new management plan calls for relocating some mountain goats to the Cascades and shooting the rest.
