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

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

Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Patrol Chad Clark says 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