We met Yana, Josh, and Jeff at One Acre Lake. They were waiting for a helicopter to arrive for a Snohomish County County search and rescue training exercise.
The SAR copter dropped off two rescuers. The temperatures were in the teens and the wind chill from the helicopter was tremendous.
The helicopter circled overhead while the two rescuers prepared the evacuee.
Hoisting Josh, the "injured" rescue subject.
Josh and the SAR crew, taking the fast way back to town.
Mount Stickney over a very wind affected crust.
Stickney's east ridge.
Mount Stickney
Cracks propagating through small patches of wind slabs persuaded me and Lindsay to turn around. Matt and Yana continued to the summit.
Lindsay and I headed up the 5,080' NW summit of Stickney.
Looking at Mount Stickney from the NW summit.
The Puget Sound Basin and the Olympic Mountains.
Spada Lake with Three Fingers and Whitehorse in the distance.
Matt and Yana, standing on the summit of Mount Stickney.
Stickney's east ridge.
Sperry, Morning Star, Del Campo, Gothic, and Sheep Gap.