An island community in Washington is mourning the loss of a beloved former high school teacher who died one day into a trek ...

A backpacker who went missing on a trek from Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley was found dead just two miles from his starting ...

A missing hiker from Washington state was found dead after he didn’t pick up his food cache, California officials said.

Harris Levinson, who taught high school in Washington state for decades, died one day into his trek to Yosemite National Park ...

Inyo County Search & Rescue Recover Body of Missing Hiker on the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek After Fatal Fall ...

If you’re hoping to climb Mt. Whitney in 2023, Wednesday is the beginning of the drama. That’s when U.S. Forest Service officials open the monthlong lottery for permits at Recreation.gov. The ...

In 1987, five runners gathered in Death Valley early in the morning with plans to run to Mount Whitney — the highest point in the contiguous U.S. — in Californi ...

A pilot from France who disappeared while hiking California's towering Mount Whitney was found dead after falling about 1,000 feet off a cliff, the National Park Service said Friday.. The hiker ...