A wildfire has forced the closure of Mount Whitney’s eastern trailhead. Hikers are being evacuated, and some have had to abandon their cars. The Inyo Creek Fire, believed to have been started by ...

Rescue personnel and law enforcement units in Inyo County conducted a nighttime rescue on Mount Whitney last week after a hiker fell 300 feet down a steep slope while hiking with a group.

A wildfire has forced the closure of Mount Whitney’s eastern trailhead. Hikers are being evacuated, and some have had to abandon their cars. The Inyo Creek Fire, believed to have been started by ...

Mt. Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous U.S., reaching an elevation of 14,505 feet. More than 25,000 visitors per year seek to summit Mt. Whitney, according to the National Park Service.

A Texas man missing for almost a week is the subject of a search on Mount Whitney. Saulo Escalante. (Inyo County Search and Rescue) Saulo Escalante, 36, may have left the Whitney Portal trailhead ...

It can be dangerous, especially when snow remains on the trail. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Department reported at least four Whitney climbing deaths in 2021 and 2022, many of them “in spring or ...

A hiker died Sunday after being struck by a falling rock near California’s Mount Whitney, marking the third fatality within one week on the mountain. On Sunday morning, Inyo County Search ...

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. Inyo County Search and Rescue ...

inyo county search and rescue Mount Whitney is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which spans 430 miles across eastern California. It is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states with an ...

inyo county search and rescue Mount Whitney is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which spans 430 miles across eastern California. It is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states with an ...