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 ...

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 ...

An overdue hiker was found dead Monday on California's Mount Whitney after a search and rescue operation involving multiple ...

Two climbers are dead following an incident on 14,505-foot Mount Whitney in California, officials said. On Thursday, May 9, the Inyo County Sheriff’s office said that rescuers had received a call on ...

The hiker had successfully summited Mount Whitney during the summer of 2025, and was attempting it again for his 21st birthday, according to a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting families ...

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, ...

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

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, ...

“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 ...