Missing Palmer hiker found alive after reportedly being charged by bears on Pioneer Ridge Trail

Anchorage Daily News

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A Palmer woman who went missing after reportedly being charged by bears on the Pioneer Ridge Trail near Butte was found injured but alive Wednesday after deteriorating weather had ended a second day of search efforts.

Around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, a search and rescue volunteer driving on Knik River Road spotted the hiker — identified as 55-year-old Fina Kiefer — walking out of the woods about a mile from the trailhead, Alaska State Troopers said in an online report.

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