Octo– Near dusk, a hiker lost the trail called for help at 7:38 pm.Ironically, heading in the right direction they were able to make it down to the cars in only 11 minutes. He called for help at 6 pm and the SMR team was able to find him with the help of a GPS signal from his phone.
There are some old trails on that side but they are faint and one could cross them without even noticing. He continued down hoping to intersect the trail lower on the mountain, but he was on the south side heading for the Fire Training Center. J– On a hot day an experienced hiker on a training hike was running down the trail following the white diamond trail markers.She did not need to be carried and SMR members assisted her down the trail, arriving at 8:30 pm. – A women injured her ankle while descending and called for help at 5 pm from a spot 2 miles up the trail, then continued walking slowly down.There was a mix of snow ice and slush on the trail which contributed to the injury and also made it difficult for the rescue team. Ap– At 5:30 pm a hiker injured herself 1 1/2 miles up the trail and was carried down in a litter, reaching the trailhead at 11:30 pm.Reading these can be useful to help other parties plan better, use caution, and come prepared for a significant effort on a hard trail. Their records list these missions, and you can bet that lots of others didn’t call them and limped down on their own. Even if the hikers don’t know exactly where they are, SMR is able to triangulate an approximate location based on cell tower timings. Stranded hikers enjoy good cell phone coverage on this trail so they generally call 911 and get routed to the King County sheriff’s office who coordinates with Seattle Mountain Rescue to respond. Unfortunately some come unprepared, get lost, start too late, or suffer an unfortunate slip and can’t get down before dark or on their own power and that happened a lot in 2013.
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