MOUNT WHITNEY – I am a thousand feet up a near-vertical ridge on the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, and there’s still another thousand feet before the summit. Rock climbing expert ...

150 years ago this month, the first successful summit of Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 states, was reached. Then the fight for a name began. Mt. Whitney in Inyo County is the highest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I left the Whitney Portal Trailhead right at midnight, the sheer granite gorge brightening under another starry night in ...

MT. WHITNEY'S SUMMIT — The final stretch of our climb to the top of California’s historic snowpack was so steep only the front points of our crampons were in contact with the mountain. Beneath our ...

The body of a missing hiker was found Tuesday afternoon on the north side of Mt. Whitney in Sequoia National Park. Ling Dao's body was taken to the Ash Mountain Helibase and turned over to the Tulare ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif.SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A Mount Whitney hiker who went missing as a late-season storm swept through the Sierra Nevada last week was found alive during the weekend, ...

Dreams of outdoor adventures can often lead us to some of the wildest and most remote corners of the world, from scuba diving colorful coral reefs to trekking iconic routes like the Pacific Crest ...

If you’re planning on knocking off Mount Whitney this year, the easy stuff — entering the lottery for a permit — is over. Within the past few days, you should have learned the results via email — or ...