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

Also in June, a 14-year-old Santa Clarita boy suffered severe injuries when he began hallucinating and walked off a ledge ...

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

A hiker died after slipping and falling off a cliff on Mount Whitney's infamous 99 Switchbacks section on Saturday. The ...

The incident took place around 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, when authorities were alerted that an unidentified hiker had ...

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

Over the weekend, a hiker tragically lost their life on the notoriously steep "99 Switchbacks" of Mt. Whitney's main trail. Lindsey Stine, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Inyo County Sheriff’s ...

A man fell to his death on Mount Whitney over the weekend, Inyo County Search and Rescue reported Monday. According to a ...

"The coldest place in the United States today was in California. Two weather stations located just below Mount Whitney, the ...

Kilian Jornet’s epic human-powered odyssey to link fourteeners in Colorado, California and Washington has moved into the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest for its final ascents.

The return of winter has already claimed a life on the tallest mountain in the continental United States, with the death of a hiker on slippery Mount ...