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carlb328 Member
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
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Tue May 30, 2023 11:13 pm
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carlb328 wrote: | I hadn't heard about this, 3 people died climbing in the Enchantments wow. |
Here's the thread on this tragedy from February this year. ~z
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jsb Member
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Quote: | Weather conditions finally eased on Friday February 24th. Chelan County Sheriff’s Office, Chelan County
Mountain Rescue, and Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue team continued the search for the 3 deceased
individuals. They located climber 1 on the moraine under about a foot of snow and recovered his body. They
also used a helicopter mounted Recco detector to search the areas near the base of the couloir. Personnel
were inserted to the scene via hoist to probe likely burial locations. Unfortunately, all attempts at locating the
bodies of climbers 2 and 3 were unsuccessful. |
from https://files.nwac.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/02110324/20230219-Colchuck-Peak-Accident_Final.pdf
Looks like there is still one victim up there in the snowpack.
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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5455 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
The last of the 3 climbers has been recovered from Aasgard Pass, as per this post in the weekend Wenatchee paper.
Aasgard climber recovered
Here is the text if the link won't connect:
LEAVENWORTH — The last missing climber who was one of three to die in a February avalanche in The Enchantments was recovered Friday by authorities.
Yun Park, 66, of Palisades Park, New Jersey was found Thursday afternoon by a hiker at the base of Colchuck Peak, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said Friday in a news release.
A Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew hoisted Park’s body from the peak at about 11:15 a.m. Friday.
“I’m definitely glad that it’s finally closed and the family members have their family member back,” said Sgt. Jason Reinfeld with Chelan County Emergency Management.
Park was part of a group of six climbers that attempted to scale the 8,705-foot Colchuck Peak by way of the northeast couloir when the lead climber triggered a slab avalanche that carried four climbers about 1,000 feet down the mountain.
Also killed were Seong Cho, 54, of West Hartford, Connecticut, and Jeannie Lee, 60, of Bayside, New York. Cho was recovered on Feb. 24. Lee was recovered on May 29.
The hiker who found Park was a member of Everett Mountain Rescue hiking the area in her free time, Reinfeld said.
Lee was also found by a hiker with a similar background: a member of the Chelan County Mountain Rescue Association in the area on a personal hike.
The Northwest Avalanche Center was critical of the group’s climbing trip in a March 23 report and suggested they were unprepared, with only one considered an advanced climber and only one who wore a helmet. None had avalanche training.
The avalanche center noted that rescue gear likely would not have saved the climbers’ lives.
The group also did not carry radios. Without adequate communication gear, survivors were unsure of what happened to their teammates, which slowed the speed of the rescue.
“As a result, they climbed higher on the route before descending to the surviving members of their party,” the report said.
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