A woman who went missing while snowboarding in Whistler, British Columbia, was found in good condition today after three days lost "in the backcountry," according to the police. 
 
 The snowboarder was found by search and rescue teams this afternoon, the Whistler Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. 
 
 She was "in cold, but good, condition," police said, and she was taken by helicopter for medical treatment. 
 
 The snowboarder, identified as 21-year-old Julie Abrahamsen, had last been seen Wednesday morning on Blackcomb Mountain, according to police. 
 
 She was reported missing on Friday, igniting a police and ski patrol search. 
 
 Tracks were spotted in the snow by searchers in a helicopter, and when rescuers on the ground followed them, they found the young woman, Whistler RCMP Sgt. Rob Knapton said. 
 
 "Searchers followed the trail and at approximately 1:30 p.m. located the missing snowboarder in cold, but good, condition," Knapton said in a statement released today. ||||| Missing snowboarder Julie Abrahamsen has been found alive three days after she was last seen on Blackcomb Mountain near Whistler, B.C. 
 
 Search and Rescue found the 21-year-old woman on Saturday more than five kilometres from the ski boundary of Whistler Blackcomb. 
 
 A helicopter spotted her tracks in the snow, followed them from the air, and found her in extremely rugged terrain at an elevation of 1,600 metres near Upper Wedge Creek. 
 
 Julie Abrahamsen was found after three days on Wedge Mountain near Whistler, B.C. (Facebook) Brad Sills, senior manager for Whistler SAR said he was elated and joyed to see that Abrahamsen was alive and in good conditions despite being dehydrated. 
 
 "These moments are big for us because we don't get enough of them quite simply," he said. 
 
 "To find someone with a strong spirit who is able to endure the past three nights of weather — that's a big win for all of us. 
 
 RCMP will now try to piece together how Abrahamsen ended up so far from the ski boundary. 
 
 "It's not an area that would've been accessible by just riding your snowboard out," said Sgt. Rob Knapton. 
 
 "There definitely would have been a significant amount of walking involved, but it is in the direction that you could go from Blackcomb when you enter the backcountry," he said. 
 
 "Despite the rain, the temperatures have been higher, so it made it a little bit better chance of surviving," Knapton said. 
 
 Abrahamsen's roommate reported the 21-year-old missing on Friday. She was last seen on Wednesday Jan. 21 and RCMP were able to confirm she accessed the lifts on Blackcomb's Glacier Express chairlift at 11 a.m. 
 
 Julie Abrahamsen's father (right) said he was grateful his daughter (left) was found alive. (Facebook) 
 
 Her father, KnutPeder Abrahamsen, posted on Facebook from Norway on Saturday that he was relieved she was found. 
 
 "I love my three children and grateful and happy to still have all of them," he said. 
 
 Abrahamsen is an avid snowboarder and went on many trips with her family and friends. 
 
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– Three days lost in the "back country" around Whistler, British Columbia, have left a snowboarder "cold," but apparently no worse for the wear. Twenty-one-year-old Julie Abrahamsen was found yesterday by searchers who spotted her tracks from a helicopter, reports ABC News. "Searchers followed the trail and at approximately 1:30pm located the missing snowboarder in cold, but good, condition," reads a statement from the Whistler Royal Canadian Mounted Police. She had last been seen Wednesday near Blackcomb Mountain; a roommate reported her missing on Friday, triggering a search. Abrahamsen was found in what the CBC calls "extremely rugged terrain" more than three miles beyond the ski boundary. "These moments are big for us because we don't get enough of them quite simply," says a Search and Rescue coordinator. "To find someone with a strong spirit who is able to endure the past three nights of weather—that's a big win for all of us." Officials are trying to figure out how Abrahamsen got so far astray. "It's not an area that would've been accessible by just riding your snowboard out," says an RCMP rep.