Big Four Ice Caves
FILE IMAGE: After
the summer months, the Big Four Ice Caves show what the warm summer days
do to melt the Ice Caves. The Big Four Ice Caves trail head is about an
hour and a half away from Seattle with a well manicured 2.2 mile
roundtrip hike to the Ice Caves. WARNING: Washington Trails Association
warns to never actually go into the ice caves because it is very
dangerous. (Joshua Lewis / Seattle Refined)
July 8, 2015
By KOMO Staff
GRANITE FALLS, Wash. -- Just a day after several tourists (click here) avoided injury in a partial collapse at the Big Four Ice Caves, rescue crews on Monday were once again dispatched to the Snohomish County caves after another collapse killed one hiker and injured four others.
Several people called 911 Monday evening at about 5:30 p.m. to report a
collapse at the caves, according to Shari Ireton with the Snohomish
County Sheriff's Office.
The callers said hikers were potentially injured and trapped inside the cave, according to Ireton.
When rescue crews arrived at the caves, they found three seriously
injured hikers, and one hiker with less severe injuries. One person was
killed in the collapse, according to Ireton....
