Hiker suffering heat stroke rescued near Mt. Baker

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. - A 55-year-old hiker was rescued near Mt. Baker on Saturday after suffering heat stroke.

Whidbey Island Search & Rescue received a call around 3 p.m. Saturday that a woman suffered a heat-related issue while hiking the Chain Lakes Trail northeast of Mt. Baker. By 3:39 p.m., a rescue helicopter was out on the slope of Mt. Hermann.

Rescue crews spotted the hiking group with Whatcom County Fire & Rescue responders.

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Two Search & Rescue members were dropped off just up the trail, and they brought the patient up for transport; she was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham just after 4 p.m., officials say.