Missing Palmer woman walks to safety after reported bear attack and night in woods

The Pioneer Ridge Trail (Abbey Collins/Alaska Public Media)
A hiker who went missing early Tuesday morning on a trail near Palmer has been found alive, according to a report from Alaska State Troopers.
Troopers say a volunteer from the search and rescue team was leaving the area around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, when 55-year-old Palmer resident Fina Kiefer walked out of the woods about a mile from the Pioneer Ridge trailhead on Knik River Road.
AST had been notified around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday that a hik