A 16-year-old hiker who became stranded Saturday while hiking on Mount Riley said steep terrain prevented her from backtracking along the route she came up.
Kaya Ramirez said she’d lost the hiking trail toward the summit of the 1,900-foot mountain but could see the top and decided to go forward. “I wasn’t following anything. I just went up.”
However, to go up she had to climb steep sections on her hands and knees, and she…
