Over the weekend, a hiker fell in the “99 Switchbacks” section of Whitney's main trail, according to the Inyo County ...

A hiker on Mount Whitney's main trail died after slipping on a notoriously steep section of granite en route to the summit.

I climbed the summit of Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in the continental United States at 14,505 feet, with friends David and Kathleen. We started at the Whitney Portal trailhead in Lone Pine, CA, ...

Paul "PJ" Ortiz Jr. was climbing Mount Whitney in the Eastern Sierra mountains when he fell from a cliff in an infamous area ...

LATEST Jan. 5, 1:39 p.m. Following a dayslong investigation, Inyo County Search & Rescue found Taylor Rodriguez dead approximately half a mile northwest from Upper Boy Scout Lake on Mount Whitney, ...

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 ...

A hiker was killed near Mt. Whitney on Sunday after being struck by a falling rock, marking the third fatality within a week near California’s highest peak, authorities said. The hiker was in the ...

A California teen who walked off a cliff while experiencing altitude-related hallucinations on the tallest mountain in the Lower 48 states has begun a slow recovery but remains in a medically induced ...

4:32 p.m. Jan. 6, 2025: An earlier version of this story said Mt. Whitney’s elevation was 14,405 feet. It is 14,505 feet. Rescue crews searched Mt. Whitney on Saturday for a Texas man who went missing ...