OTSEGO COUNTY, MI – Find and extracting a missing California woman from a dense Northern Michigan forest was not an easy task, rescuers told WPBN/WGTU .

The 36-year-old woman went missing over the weekend in the Pigeon River Country State Forest where she was participating in an outdoor survival challenge hosted a YouTube channel, MLive previously reported.

She left camp to find water Friday afternoon and did not return, authorities said. Contest hosts searched for her and eventually notified authorities. A Michigan State Police helicopter located the missing woman deep in a swampy area and directed ground officers to her location.

MSP Trooper Jeffrey Turnquist, of the K9 unit, said the terrain was extremely rugged and densely wooded, he told the TV station. Damage from the ice storm

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