An injured hiker who fell into a ravine on Mount Ellinor in Olympic National Forest in Washington has been rescued by a naval search team.

The hiker, a 30-year-old man unnamed by U.S. Navy officials, fell into the ravine last weekend and could not be contacted by the person hiking with him. 

At around 6:20 p.m. local time Saturday, a search-and-rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island flew a helicopter to look for him, per a release from the station’s public affairs office.

There was no trace of the missing man at the top of Mount Ellinor, so the team flew about 1,000 feet down slope. That allowed them to see flashing light from a group of boulders, more than 1,200 feet from where the hiker had fallen, station officials said.

“We were able to see the top of the mountain where there were a bunch of footprints from him and his partner, but we couldn’t really see where the footprints ended up going … we all saw a light turn on and off in the middle of nowhere down in the avalanche pile and from there were able to go down and pick him up,” Lt. Joey Curtis told KING-TV.

A crew member was lowered, and both the rescuer and the hiker were hoisted back up to the helicopter. The hiker was admitted to a local hospital with abrasions, a broken arm and signs of hypothermia.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.