A 30-year-old man from Raleigh, North Carolina, died after going underwater in a remote and cold alpine lake in Washington, deputies said.

Someone sent a 911 text at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, from Colchuck Lake, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said in an Aug. 6 Facebook post.

The man, who has not been identified by authorities, hiked to the icy vibrant blue lake from Colchuck Trail and Stuart Lake Trail with three friends, spokesperson Jason Reinfeld told McClatchy News in an Aug. 7 email.

Reinfeld said the group then got in the water to swim.

They were swimming “across a small inlet” on the west side of the lake when the man couldn’t swim further, Reinfeld said.

The man was about 20 yards from the shore when he went underwater for about five minutes, Reinfeld said.

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