Young woman missing in Grampians overnight

Video shows a mum thanking emergency services after her daughter was found alive after being lost in the Grampians since 8pm Thursday.

A mother thanked emergency services for finding her daughter safe and well after she was lost in the Grampians overnight.

Emergency services, including a police search wing, had been looking for the 22-year-old since she went missing while hiking alone near Halls Gap about 8pm on Thursday.

Other hikers heard her calling for help on Friday morning, helping to narrow the search.

The hiker, who spent the night in a cave, managed to find her way back to a path near Mount Rosea where the SES was looking for her about 5pm on Friday.

Emergency services found a missing 22-year-old hiker who was lost in the Grampians overnight.

The woman was then taken to Halls Gap Police Station to be assessed by paramedics and reunited with her family.

Her mother, who did not give her name, thanked those who helped find her daughter.

“It’s been a great outcome, she’s fine,” she said.

“We’re just going to go home and give her a big hug.”

Emergency services searching for the woman on Friday.

Victoria Police said the young woman set off in the Halls Gap area about 12pm on Thursday before becoming lost.

She contacted her mother eight hours later and told her she was lost in the Mount Rosea area.

Police and SES volunteers scoured the area from about 10pm, but found no sign of the missing woman.

The search was called off at 3am on Friday and resumed at 9am.

Temperatures in the Grampians National Park hit a low of 1.3C on Thursday night.