Hiker dies in fall from Sauk Mountain trail

Published 1:30 am Thursday, July 19, 2018

Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON — A 71-year-old Connecticut woman has died after falling during a hike east of Mount Vernon on Sauk Mountain.

The Skagit Valley Herald reported that the woman was hiking with a local hiking club Wednesday afternoon.

Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Patrol Chad Clark said she apparently fell from a steep embankment and by the time other members of the group were able to find her, she had died.

The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue team and a Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew with retrieved the woman’s body.

Her identity has not been released.