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A Georgia woman who went missing for weeks in California's Sierra Nevada said that she was trapped by an avalanche and survived off wild leeks and snowmelt before she was found this week in a snowy ...

A lost hiker missing for three weeks in the California ... just in time to celebrate her 28th birthday. Georgia woman Tiffany Slaton found shelter at a closed resort in the eastern Sierra Nevada ...

Tiffany Slaton, a 28-year-old woman originally from Georgia, was found alive after surviving three weeks lost in the wilderness. Slaton planned to spend three days in California’s Sierra Nevada ...

The day before Tiffany Slaton’s 28th birthday ... Gutierrez told authorities he left the cabin unlocked in case a stranded hiker would need shelter. “That was the 13th heavy snowstorm I ...

A hiker found alive after she went missing for nearly three weeks credits her survival to being an experienced forager and stumbling across a cabin. Tiffany Slaton joined her parents at the Fresno ...

Unknown to Slaton, this would turn into a nightmare ... authorities he left the cabin unlocked in case a stranded hiker like Tiffany would need shelter. Snowplows had cleared the roads, allowing ...

Wearing a pair of dark sunglasses, Tiffany Slaton stood in front of a room of ... trip in the Huntington Lake region, the 28-year-old hiker from Georgia claims she fell off a cliff and was ...

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office said the family of Tiffany Slaton, a 27-year-old woman from ... well it's just a hiker who decided to hold up in the blizzard we had that previous night ...

the staff left cabin doors unlocked just in case a wayward hiker needed shelter during the frequent mountain snowstorms. That decision may have saved the life of Tiffany Slaton, the 27-year-old ...

28-year-old Tiffany Slaton, who was found alive on Wednesday, was reported missing on April 29 after her parents lost contact with her. A 28-year-old woman described Friday how she survived for ...