Overview

• Tiffany Slaton, a 28-year-old from Georgia, was found alive on May 14 after being lost for 24 days in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.
• She endured avalanches and 13 snowstorms, splinted her own injuries, and survived by foraging wild leeks and drinking melted snow.
• Slaton was discovered in an unlocked cabin at Vermilion Valley Resort, which the owner had left open for emergencies; she had been there for only eight hours.
• Search and rescue efforts spanned 600 square miles but were hindered by impassable snow-covered roads until they were cleared shortly before her rescue.
• Authorities and her family praised her resilience, with Sheriff John Zanoni calling her survival a story worthy of a movie.