CONCRETE — The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office says rescuers are helping two stranded hikers down from the 8,000-foot level of Spire Point in the North Cascades near Darrington.
They plan to drop below cloud cover at around 2,000 feet elevation so they can be picked up by a helicopter from the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.
The 33-year-old Matt Edwards and his 27-year-old girlfriend Robin Gibson are from Massachusetts, but the sheriff’s office did not know their hometowns.
They had been trapped on an 18-inch ledge but were able to move Thursday to nearby Dana Glacier.
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