Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The stone hut atop Mt. Whitney was built in 1909. (Mary Forgione / Los Angeles Times) Sometime around 3 a.m. on July 5 last summer ...

At 3 a.m. on June 10, my brother-in-law Dan and I started walking uphill from the Whitney Portal trailhead. Our goal: the top of California’s 14,494-foot Mount Whitney, three hours north of Los ...

The Whitney Portal campgrounds are being evacuated due to rockslides caused by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the Lone Pine area on Wednesday afternoon. According to a post on the Inyo County ...

A wildfire in the Inyo National Forest has reached nearly 100 acres, closing the Whitney Portal trailhead, a popular route for California backpackers and the gateway to the highest peak in the ...