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.
The 27-year-old Edmonds man triggered the slide that claimed his life.
The Seattle scouts are recovering from hypothermia after an unplanned night in a snow cave.
The man fell about 90 feet after reportedly climbing on the butte's lookout.
Officials think the body recovered outside the ski area is a man who disappeared last January.
Rescuers airlifted the pair off a steep slope at 8,800 feet.
Seven others were rescued after becoming stranded on Oregon's highest peak.
Flooding and a landslide have shuttered the Elwha Valley, Hoh Road, and Staircase Road.
The ski resort's annual wife-carrying contest draws fierce competition.
Tracy Swartout takes the reins as acting superintendent of the national park this week.
