Firefighters were dispatched today to the Bump and Grind trail in Rancho Mirage to attend to an ailing hiker.
Firefighters were contacted at 8:45 a.m. to assist the woman, whose name was not released, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson said.
Emergency workers hiked down the trail with her, and she was transported to a local hospital for treatment of weakness and apparent dehydration, Hendrickson said.