This spring, the United States Forest Services will reopen the most popular hiking attraction in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, the Big Four Ice Caves.  This past summer, rock and ice fell and killed 34 year old Annalisa Santana of California. Her brother, a Lynnwood resident also died of his injuries in October and the collapse injured five others on July 6, 2015.

According to the Seattle Times, the Forest Services, new signage “will include languages besides English and will stand out more,”  Gary Paull said.

For students and families of Glacier Peak the mile hike to the Ice Caves is possible for almost any level of hiker.  Junior Areha Jackson and her family were planning a trip the same day of the collapse last summer. Her mom didn’t feel well and postponed the hike for the following day.

“I was so glad my mom decided to go the next day instead, I couldn’t imagine,” Jackson said.

The caves can be dangerous and the signs prohibit entrance into the caves.  The ice and snow become unreliable in the summer months and it is recommend to photograph the caves from a distance.  Collapsing ice has killed four people at the site since 1998.