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Search crews found a missing Tacoma hiker near Lake Ingalls Tuesday.
Natalya Manko of Tacoma, 50, was reported missing at 12:20 a.m. Monday after she to failed to return from a planned day hike Saturday. The Lake Ingalls area is south of the Stuart range.
Kittitas County Undersheriff Clay Myers said Manko was found three-quarters of a mile below Lake Ingalls and was flown out by helicopter Tuesday afternoon. She was alert and able to walk, and was spotted under a red poncho she was using for shelter.
Manko is being treated at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee for minor frostbite and Hypothermia following her rescue. Manko told rescuers that she must have travelled too far north and missed the lake, dropping down the north side of Stuart Pass. By the time she realized she was in the wrong place, bad weather and darkness set in. She spent the next two days trying to find her way out of the basin, but with little visibility and the snow, she was unable to locate a trail, she said. Each time she returned to the same area, which speaks well of her experience as this kept her from wandering further away from the search area. Using a large red trash bag she did her best to keep dry and conserve energy.
The Chelan County Helicopter crew spotted tracks on the north side of Stuart Pass. After confirming that the ground teams had not yet crossed to the north, the air team worked the tracks until locating Manko. They were able to land nearby, pick her up and transport her directly out to medical personnel.
"We credit the success of this to the many volunteers and law enforcement agencies (Snohomish County, King County and Chelan County) who support search and rescue in our region, with special thanks to the Chelan County Aviation and the Red Cross," Myers said.
Waste-deep snow and high winds created white-out conditions Monday, keeping search teams from reaching Ingalls Lake. Search teams set up an operating base near the trailhead, south of Mount Stuart near the Kittitas/Chelan County line.
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