NEAR VERLOT – The last two hikers, stranded overnight on Three Fingers Mountain, were brought to safety Wednesday evening after bad weather trapped them on the Snohomish County peak.
The two teens and a third hiker who was rescued earlier were stranded by the weather Tuesday night when hiking on the trail east of Granite Falls.
Crews located the boys about 7 a.m. Wednesday and quickly started warming them with tarps and portable heaters to fight hypothermia, a potentially dangerous loss of body heat.
The first boy, 17, walked down with rescuers Wednesday afternoon, Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
The remaining two boys, 16 and 17 years old, were separately brought down by a helicopter later in the evening after the weather cleared, KIRO-TV reported. They were believed to be suffering from mild hypothermia.
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