A Perth woman who was forced to sleep in a cave in a freezing mountain range after injuring herself on a hike has urged others to stay vigilant as thousands descend on WA’s national parks as the weather warms up.

Robyn Boulet was on a three-night hiking expedition through the Stirling Ranges with four other friends in May, when she snapped her ankle just metres from their camping cave.

The group had been hiking through dense bushland for about seven hours when disaster struck about 5pm.

“I didn’t slip and fall over — I literally slipped off this rock and fell down on my foot, I would have fallen about 15 to 20cm and that’s when I broke my ankle,” Ms Boulet told The West Australian.

“My big adventure of sleeping in a cave and doing an overnight hike was ruined by one stupid step that I

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