Mt. Baker Ski Area
A quick-moving storm system is predicted to move across the Cascades this weekend, dumping heavy rain before temperatures warm up considerably. Mt. Baker Ski Area plans to close this Sunday and Monday to reopen Tuesday to wait out the nasty weather.
Rescuers airlifted the pair off a steep slope at 8,800 feet.
The Seattle scouts are recovering from hypothermia after an unplanned night in a snow cave.
Officials think the body recovered outside the ski area is a man who disappeared last January.
The man fell about 90 feet after reportedly climbing on the butte's lookout.
Flooding and a landslide have shuttered the Elwha Valley, Hoh Road, and Staircase Road.
The 27-year-old Edmonds man triggered the slide that claimed his life.
After huge demand overwhelmed the online system last month, a new vendor is ready for business Monday morning.
Seven others were rescued after becoming stranded on Oregon's highest peak.
Officials think the 23-year-old fell into the Nisqually drainage below Paradise.
