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2 Lost Hikers on Mt. PilchuckSnohomish, WA Mission Report by Fran Sharp Snohomish County Sheriff's Department requested assistance in the search for 2 missing hikers on Mt. Pilchuk. 3 members responded: Fran Sharp, Tyler Severy and Dan Deprez. We metat the cache at 0330 and immediately headed north. Upon arrival at SAR base, I was immediately briefed by Sargent Danny Wickstrom and given a search area. Two females had been on a day hike on Sunday when they lost the trail. They had cell phone coverage with the 2 hikers until Monday evening when the cell phone battery went dead. At the time the battery died, the two subjects said they were cold and wanted to start moving. Very rainy and fairly cold temperatures caused a real urgency to the search. Their area had been fairly contained because they had been very good with following instructions on remaining in 1 place. Our search objective was to to search up the Kelly Creek Drainage to a 90% POD. Since the time the maps had been created in software, many new logging roads had been created. This led to a delay in getting in the field. About 45 minutes later, the subjects were found by a KC ESAR team in the Kelly Creek drainage area. Our team took another trail into the area and met up with the ESAR team and subjects. They were not aware of the shorter trail on which we accessed the area so we escorted them out the short way to waiting vehicles. We also showed the shorter way to a Snohomish SAR team that had been on the search for 2 days. We were out of the field by 0930. We always appreciate being called to another county and the professionalism of the Snohomish County Sheriffs Department remains a dependable constant on these missions. Respectfully submitted, Fran Sharp Operations Leader |
