The body of a female skier last heard from on May 18 was recovered in Mount Rainier National Park three weeks later, officials said. She'd apparently fallen about 200 feet.
The body of a female skier last heard from on May 18 was recovered in Mount Rainier National Park three weeks later, on Saturday, the National Park Service said Tuesday.The service said rangers started searching May 19 in response to a report of an overdue skier who'd set out to ski tour above the park's Paradise area.
Her body was found at the base of Pebble Creek's Moraine Falls above Paradise. She appeared to have fallen some 200 feet to the base of a waterfall, the service said, adding that, 'The area was surrounded by a large, unstable snow moat that was subject to rock and ice fall, which posed too high of an immediate risk to recovery teams.
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