Snohomish County emergency officials said the area around the Big Four ice caves would remain closed until search and rescue teams could assess the safety of the caves and recover the deceased victim of the collapse. Chloe Jakubowski was one of dozens of people who fled scorching temperatures Monday afternoon for the cool shadows of the Big Four Ice Caves, a popular recreation site in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Related: ‘Very unstable’ conditions pose recovery challenge at caves 
 
 A woman next to her lay unconscious. The body of the hiker could not immediately be recovered because of the "fragile nature of the ice," Snohomish County spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. It was the second straight day that part of the ice caves — which are accessible only by a 26-mile narrow, winding road — collapsed on Big Four Mountain, about 20 miles east of the town of Granite Falls. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) 
 
 The three injured adults — two men and a woman — were flown by helicopter by Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, said hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg. A 25-year-old man was upgraded Tuesday morning from critical to serious condition and is in intensive care, Gregg said. Another man, 35, was upgraded from serious to satisfactory condition and is no longer in intensive care. In addition, two children were taken to Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett with minor injuries and have been released, according to Colleen Wadden, a spokeswoman for Providence. That’s not a Sheriff’s Office decision.” 
 
 Visitors to the cave Sunday captured video of a large shelf of ice breaking free from a lip hanging over the entrance to the caves, scattering a small group of hikers who had wandered close. The temperature in Granite Falls was around 80 degrees at 5 p.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The lawsuit was dismissed, but now a sign at the trail viewpoint is installed in memory of Grace to warn visitors.
– One person is dead and five are injured after ice caves on Washington state's Big Four Mountain collapsed yesterday for the second day in a row. A hiker's body has yet to be recovered from the caves—formed in snow mounds that end up sliding down to the base of a cliff—because of the "fragile nature of the ice," a Snohomish County rep says. Two men, 25 and 35, and a woman, 35, were airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries, including leg and pelvis fractures, reports NBC News. A boy and girl were also admitted with minor injuries but have since been released, reports the Seattle Times. "There was a loud pop above us," Chloe Jakubowski says. "Once I saw the ice chunks falling, I ducked for cover and held my hands over my head." She says a woman standing next to her was knocked unconscious by falling ice. "As soon as it stopped, I looked ... around me and it was extremely gruesome, honestly," says Jakubowski, 18. She didn't have cell service and had to drive 15 miles to a campsite to call for help. Rescuers say the call came in about 45 minutes after the collapse. "There was a large pile of ice and rock that came down," says the county rep. "In many ways, it was similar to an avalanche." A day earlier, a visitor to the caves, popular among hikers and only accessible by a narrow, 26-mile road, captured a partial collapse on video, but no one was injured in that case. Authorities have long considered the caves to be dangerous, particularly in warm weather—temps hit 80 degrees in the area yesterday—and signs warn of the risky conditions. They were installed after the last death at the caves, that of an 11-year-old girl hit by falling ice in 2010.