Ice Caves Granite Falls Accident

Big four ice caves.

Ice caves granite falls accident.

This was an incredible hike just north of seattle with beautiful scenery along the way to the caves. Snohomish county sheriff pio shari ireton talks to reporters at verlot ranger station about one fatality and three seriously injured at the big four ice caves collapse mon july 6 2015 near. Drive from granite falls takes about an hour and 20 minutes through beautiful mountain sites along a river that leads up to a gold mining camp past the ice caves. There is also no signal out there you d have to drive miles to get to the pay phone at verlot or get to granite falls to make an emergency call.

Video from granite falls washington shows an ice cave collapse on sunday one day before a separate ice cave collapsed killing one person and injuring five. Authorities said one person died and five others were injured when part of an ice cave collapsed monday in the north cascades. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. There are also warning signs as accidents have harmed visitors.

In 10 miles pass the verlot ranger station on the left. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from may until october. The trail is mostly paved or wooden boardwalks and supposedly just over 1 mile round trip though i think it seemed more like twice that. Still it s shorter than a walk around green lake and the.

The photos i am posting are from august of 2013. July 8 subscribe for more breaking. A mile after the ranger station cross a blue and grey bridge. A quarter mile beyond that is a sign marked ice caves trailhead.

A spokeswoman from the snohomish county sheriff s office said the three injured people were airlifted from the big four ice caves near granite falls 40 miles north of seattle to nearby hospitals. The ice caves are an easy yet rewarding day hike. 13 miles from the bridge are two signs for the ice caves on the right hand side of the road. 98 reviews of big four ice caves this weekend i returned to the big four ice caves for the first time since my parents brought me there as a child.

If they had it open to big four in the winter there would be so many more accidents than there are already. We have a cabin in this area and enjoy it many times easy flat hike to the caves in about 45 minutes. Three of them were taken to a seattle trauma.