Northwest:
–The News Tribune is reporting that, “a hiker stumbled upon the body of a missing climber on a Washington mountain more than three months after she was swept away in an avalanche with three other people, deputies said. A Chelan County Mountain Rescue volunteer was at the base of Colchuck Peak on Monday, May 29, when he spotted a body, the county sheriff’s office said in a news release.” To read more, click here.
–Franklin Falls and Denny Creek along the I-5 corridor will be closed this summer. To read more, click here.
–Several areas in the North Cascades National Park will see regular helicopter visits this summer for repair. To read about it, click here.
–Hurricane Ridge in Olympic Mountain National Park is slated to be closed indefinitely. This is so that investigators can continue to work on understanding why the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge burned down on May 7th. To read more, click here.
Colorado and Utah:
Notes from All Over:
–The only agency to respond to more rescues than the National Park Service in the United States, is the Coast Guard. To read about it, click here.