Body of BASE jumper recovered by the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office after three-day search of Mt. Baring.

Published 1:30 am Friday, August 29, 2025

EVERETT — After a three-day search and rescue mission, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office recovered a man, 40, who died BASE jumping from the 6,127-foot summit of Mt. Baring.

At around 7 p.m. on Aug. 19, search and rescue deputies responded to reports of an unresponsive BASE jumper, a Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office press release said. A companion, who jumped shortly after, reported hearing a crash and spotting the victim’s open parachute around 4,000 feet but was unable to see the victim.

The air support unit began the operation using SnoHawk1 to search the face of the mountain, the release said. The next morning, officers began an in-depth aerial search, which led to the discovery of the parachute around the 4,150-foot level.

Deputies located the victim deceased in a steep and hazardous section of the mountain’s north face, the release said. Everett Mountain Rescue Unit and the helicopter rescue team joined the mission to plan and execute the recovery of the victim.

Due to the location’s remoteness and vertical drop, SnoHawk10 used a staging point around 600 feet above the victim. Over the next several hours, officers rappelled down the rocky terrain, installed strategic anchors to reduce exposure to rockfall hazards and packed the victim for aerial extraction, the release said.

The Air Support Unit coordinated a long line recovery that utilized an approximately 800-foot system, the longest operation the team has flown, the release said. The flight crew lifted the victim away from the cliff face and lowered him onto a landing area near the base of the mountain.

From there, first responders flew the victim’s body to Skykomish Airfield, where the Snohomish County Medical Examiner took custody of him. The medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death as well as positive identification of the deceased.

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