Three hikers rescued from Snohomish County peak
GRANITE FALLS
Lt. Kathi Lang says that hind one teen walked out Wednesday, the weather cleared sufficiently with regard to a rescue helicopter to pluck the other two teens off the mount in separate trips Wednesday evening. One of those two had hiked partway down with rescuers. Lang says the third part teen was disquiet from back pain from a prior injury.
Lang said the three boys were “about 17.” They are from the Marysville-Arlington area.
They called for help by cellphone Tuesday night after they encountered fog, snow, rain and cold on the 6,800-foot mountain.
Sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover says rescuers reached the teens Wednesday forenoon and started warming them with portable heaters in tents.
