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The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is working to rescue a 66-year-old woman who fell down an embankment in the Columbia River Gorge while hiking on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.

(Courtesy Multnomah County Sheriff's Office)

Updated at 7:30 p.m.:

The hiker was airlifted from the Columbia River Gorge at approximately 7 p.m. and taken to a local hospital, sheriff's office officials said.

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The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is working to rescue a 66-year-old woman who fell about 100 feet down an embankment while hiking the Columbia River Gorge Saturday.

A National Guard helicopter is at the scene and rescue crews are attempting to hoist the woman up.

The woman was wounded in the fall but her injuries are not life-threatening, spokesman Lt. Chad Gaidos said. She fell down a heavily-wooded embankment near the John B. Yeon trailhead around noon, he said. She was hiking with a group of 10 experienced hikers, who called for help after she fell, Gaidos said.

Rescue teams with American Medical Response Reach, the Corbett Fire Department and the sheriff's office are at the scene, Gaidos said.

The woman has not been identified.

She will be taken to a hospital after she is rescued, Gaidos said.

-- Samantha Matsumoto