Mount Whitney, one of the tallest mountains in the United States, has an elevation of 14,505 feet at the summit ...

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, ...

R escuers recently saved three hikers on Mount Whitney in two separate incidents - including a man who called for help after ...

A hiker died on Mount Whitney last weekend, falling off a cliff on a steep part of the trail, Inyo County Search & Rescue said. The fall was reported on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 25, on the 99 ...

Over the weekend, a hiker tragically lost their life on the notoriously steep "99 Switchbacks" of Mt. Whitney's main trail. Lindsey Stine, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Inyo County Sheriff’s ...

A hiker died after falling from an icy trail and plunging over a cliff on a California mountain, rescuers say. Inyo County Search and Rescue got a report of a possible death “on Mount Whitney in the ...

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 ...

INYO COUNTY, Calif. — Officials in California have confirmed a San Antonio man was found dead along a high-elevation trail at Mt. Whitney. Saturday, the Inyo County Search and Rescue said on Facebook ...

Rescue crews searched Mt. Whitney on Saturday for a Texas man who went missing last week while attempting to summit the notoriously challenging peak in frigid and snowy conditions. Taylor Rodriguez, a ...

The sun started to rise, bathing the Sierra Nevada in a red glow that I had seen only in postcards until then. I leaned in silence against Mt. Whitney’s granite rock face, taking in the view soon ...

A hiker died on Mount Whitney last weekend, falling off a cliff on a steep part of the trail, Inyo County Search & Rescue said. 20 hospitalized, 3 with severe injuries, after bus overturns in ...