One person dies in Mount Rainier Blizzard (6-10-08)

1 dies in Mount Rainier blizzard

Two others await rescue after they get caught in snowstorm during hike
The Associated Press
updated 1:14 p.m. PT, Tues., June. 10, 2008

LONGMIRE, Washington - A climber has died on Mount Rainier in Washington state and the national park says two others are awaiting rescue.

Ranger Sandi Kinzer the three went on a day hike Monday when they were caught in a blizzard.

Kinzer says one of the survivors has frostbite and cannot walk out from a shelter. She says a helicopter is waiting for a snow storm to clear to land at Camp Muir, which is at about 10,000 feet elevation.