BLANCA LAKE, Wash. - An overdue hiker has been found dead near a popular trail in the Cascade Mountains of Snohomish County, officials said.The sheriff'd office identified the hiker as 33-year-old ...

The hiker, a 33-year-old Lynnwood man, left on a solo day hike to Blanca Lake around 1 p.m. Monday. When he didn't arrive home Monday night, family members went to the trail to look for him.

On the Washington Trails Association website, hikers have been posting about the roundabout route now required to reach Blanca Lake. One trail report , from January, called it “impassable to (a ...

The trend isn’t isolated to Washington. Pelto has studied over 250 glaciers, ... Blanca Lake’s bright green waters will transition into shades of blue.

SNOHOMISH — At 10 p.m. on May 7, 2016, a call came in to Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue (SCVSAR) headquarters requesting volunteers at the Blanca Lake Trailhead in Washington’s ...

INDEX — A 33-year-old Lynnwood man was found dead Tuesday morning near Blanca Lake. Steven T. Le had not returned from a Monday afternoon visit to the popular hiking destination off U.S. 2 .

When the Wilderness Act passed in 1964, three areas in Washington were awarded the status. ... The 3.5-mile Blanca Lake Trail takes hikers to the area’s largest lake. INDIAN HEAVEN.

BLANCA LAKE — An 18-year-old woman reported missing Saturday night in the Cascade Mountains near Index walked out of a trailhead with her rescuers Sunday afternoon in good condition, despite ...

Photographer’s description: “We hiked up to Lake Blanca and enjoyed the incredible beauty and the great weather, a fabulous combination well worth the effort it took to hike the steep 3.5-mile ...