Skamania County Sees Five Search and Rescue Missions In Eight Days

The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says it responded to five Search and Rescue missions between October 2nd and October 10th.  It started October 2nd, when two mountain bikers were reported overdue from a trip on the Ape Canyon trail, near Mount Saint Helens, and were located the next day and assisted back to their vehicle.  On October 3rd, received a medical call for a subject along the Wind River at the “Hot Holes.”  That person was carried out of the location and transported, via Lifelight, to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, where he later succumbed to the medical event.  On October 6th, two climbers descending Mount Saint Helens called for help after going off-trail in darkness, but volunteers from the Volcano Rescue Team located the climbers and were able to assist them off the mountain and back to their vehicle.  Finally on Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office received two reports of overdue subjects:  a pair of hikers in the Trapper Creek Wilderness and two climbers on Mt. Hood.  One of the hikers was found the next day and had to be carried out, while one self-extricated, while the climbers were assisted back to their vehicle.

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