Crime & Safety
Renton Man Dies After 300-Foot Fall Near Snoqualmie Pass
The 46-year-old went hiking on July 4 and had not been heard from since.
RENTON, WA — A 46-year-old hiker from Renton was found dead on Wednesday near a popular Snoqualmie Pass-area trail, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.
The man set out to hike Snow Lake on July 4, but never returned home. His family filed a missing person report on July 9 with Renton police, and a King County detective found the man's car that same day.
King County search-and-rescue teams located the man's body on Wednesday morning about 300 feet below a cliff. Investigators believe the man slipped and fell. Although hiked by scores of people during the summer months, the Snow Lake trail does cross multiple rock falls.
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This is the second hiking death in the Snoqualmie Pass area in recent weeks. On July 2, Kumar Rao, 56, was found dead near Granite Mountain and the Denny Creek trail.
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