MOUNT VERNON (AP) — A Skagit County sheriff’s spokesman says two hikers have called for help, saying they’re stranded on an 18-inch ledge on a mountain in Washington’s North Cascades.
Sheriff’s Search and Rescue spokesman Joel Pratt said the men called Wednesday night to say they were stranded at about 6,000 feet on the Spire Point along the Ptarmigan Traverse hiking route.
Pratt says the unidentified men are tired and cold but have no major injuries.
A Navy helicopter reportedly tried several times Wednesday night to reach them but deteriorating weather conditions forced the crew to return to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.
Pratt says rescuers could set out this morning, weather permitting. The men reportedly have one sleeping bag and part of a tent.
