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 ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, October 17, Tom Gerbier, a 38-year-old Air France pilot from a suburb of Paris, died after falling on 14,505-foot Mount Whitney. Gerbier had a permit to climb via the Mountaineers Route, a ...

(CNN) — Two California hikers who went missing earlier this week on Mount Whitney have been found dead, authorities said. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call on Tuesday around ...

A hiker died on Mount Whitney last weekend, falling off a cliff on a steep part of the trail, Inyo County Search & Rescue said. Antioch man in critical condition after being hit by driver Driver ...

CHP Helicopter H-42 returned to assist, meeting eight SAR volunteers in Lone Pine. One rescuer was flown to Trail Camp, and another was hoisted to the accident site. With the help of the bystanders, ...

A hiker, who was reported missing in California's Sierra Nevada mountains in the last week of December, was found dead at an elevation of 12,000 feet, officials say. "At this time, no further details ...

FRESNO, Calif. — Rescuers recently saved three hikers on Mount Whitney in two separate incidents, including a man who called ...

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 ...

R escuers recently saved three hikers on Mount Whitney in two separate incidents - including a man who called for help after falling on icy ground. Inyo County Search and Rescue helped a hiker who had ...