Tiffany Slaton detailed her ordeal during a news conference with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department, two days after she was found in a cabin that the owner had left unlocked in case wayward hikers needed shelter.

A lost hiker missing for three weeks in the California mountains miraculously survived when she stumbled upon an unlocked cabin that had been left open by its owner for this exact situation — and was rescued just in time to celebrate her 28th birthday.

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Placer County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deployed its Falcon 30 helicopter twice this week to rescue missing hikers in Mumford Bar and then Grouse Ridge, according to the agency’s Facebook post.

When the Vermilion Valley Resort in California’s eastern Sierra shut down for the winter, the staff left cabin doors unlocked just in case a wayward hiker needed shelter during the frequent mountain snowstorms.

The remains of a missing hiker from Storrs were recently found in Japan more than two years after she went missing on a hike. On Friday, her family received confirmation that she was dead, her husband, Kirk Murad, said.

The body of missing hiker Hannah Moody has been found near the Arizona trail that she was last seen on. She was reported missing on May 21 and was discovered in the early afternoon of May 22.

A Falcon 30 helicopter in addition to off-highway vehicle, e-bike, and ground teams participated in the search.

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