I left the Whitney Portal Trailhead right at midnight, the sheer granite gorge brightening under another starry night in California's spectacular High Sierra. Elevation at the trailhead is just under ...

Two climbers who were reported missing on Mt. Whitney's experts-only Mountaineer's Route on Tuesday have been found dead. Andrew Niziol, 28, of South Lake Tahoe, and Patty Bolan, 29, were identified ...

150 years ago this month, the first successful summit of Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 states, was reached. Then the fight for a name began. Mt. Whitney in Inyo County is the highest ...

The Inyo County Sheriff's Office said it got a call around 8:30 p.m. on May 7 about two overdue hikers. The hikers had intended to descend to the Notch. It's located on the right side of the face of ...

Mount Whitney is seen from the Alabama Hills in 2005. On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the bodies of two hikers who went missing after summiting the state’s tallest peak were recovered following a 24-hour ...