According to the post, the mountaineers initiated the rescue because they spotted a waving glove in the snow around 4 p.m.

Skidmore had just reached the wooden bridge spanning Avalanche Creek when his brother took off running down the streambank.

The breakthrough came in 1980 after Mount St. Helens erupted and part of the mountain collapsed, sending a debris avalanche sliding northward.

A pair of mountaineering rangers on an acclimatization climb saw Vizzini’s partner atop the avalanche debris. They reached the site in minutes, starting a signal search that quickly found ...