Correction: The Courier-Herald misreported that first responders arrived on scene at 3 p.m. They arrived at 12:24 p.m. Additionally, the dog was found a quarter of a mile from where it and Witron fell, not a couple miles. The article has been updated.

A search and rescue for a 28-year old woman who fell into the Carbon River on Sunday has turned into a recovery mission.

It was reported Zuleika Witron was hiking with her girlfriend in the Carbonado area when she fell into the river around 11:30 a.m. with her dog.

The girlfriend then had to hike out of the area in order to call 911 around noon.

First responders arrived at 12:24 and were able to locate the dog a quarter mile downriver with a drone, but the search for the woman was brought to a halt when weather conditions worsened.

“… [Y]ou have huge rocks, sharp rocks; you’ve got debris in that river. You’ve got logs, heavy thick brush of forest and trees,” said Pierce County Sheriff’s Office PIO Carly Cappetto. “This isn’t terrain that you can just go and have a brisk walk in. It definitely requires strategic ways of getting down there safely… everything is very slippery and wet and muddy.”

The search started again today, March 24, but the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said this is no longer a search and rescue, but a recovery mission.

The search operation involved 23 various units and first responders, including the Coast Guard.