A 70-year-old woman fell 400 feet to her death Friday afternoon while hiking near Horsetail Falls in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, according to the Multnomah County sheriff’s office.
The woman’s name has not been released, pending next-of-kin notification.
Cascade Locks Fire notified the sheriff’s office around 1:45 p.m. that the woman had fallen about a half mile up the Horsetail Falls trail and the victim’s friend, who was with her, called 911 for help, according to a sheriff’s news release…