It was August 2013, and we were clambering up the majestic and regal unrealness that is Mt. Whitney, a mountain both inviting and unforgiving in its margin for errors. That was the first time we'd ...

"Just really bad timing, honestly." ...

Snow blankets Mt. Whitney in 2019. A third death this season was reported on the peak, which is the highest in the contiguous United States. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Another hiker has ...

Mount Whitney, located in Inyo County, California, is 14,505 feet above sea level. Kamryn said the day started “really good.” She filmed herself putting on her makeup for the day while wearing pink ...

A hiker died trying to summit Mount Whitney solo after their partner turned back, search and rescue officials said. The hiker’s body was found about 400 feet from the top of California’s highest peak, ...

Weeks after a hiker went missing during his attempt to summit Mount Whitney solo, searchers have recovered a body on California’s highest peak, officials said. Joseph Brambila set out to climb the ...

“I’m happy I did it, but that was the suckiest day of my life.” That was the first utterance I heard as I strolled through the parking lot at the Mount Whitney trailhead earlier this month. It was ...

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, ...