Missing female hikers found alive near North Bend
Oct 26, 2015, 9:39 AM | Updated: 12:52 pm
Two female hikers were found cold but alive after missing for almost a day on trails near North Bend.
Jennifer and Elizabeth Moran of Bothell, were found safe around 12:30 p.m.
The two were reported overdue Sunday night when they did not return from their hike.
Cindi West with the King County Sheriff’s Office says the two left to hike a trail near the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, but apparently became lost.
Q13 reports friends, who were supposed to meet up with the women, received a text on Sunday morning at 9:45 that read, “I think we are lost.” They received another text a short time later saying, “almost there.”
Deputies found their car late Sunday near the Pratt River trailhead, and teams with King County Search and Rescue began looking for them at first light on Monday.
West says it’s not known whether the two were equipped to spend the night in the wild. Conditions in the area were rainy overnight with low temperatures in the 40s.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
