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

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

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, the Inyo County Sheriff's Office reported.

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

Ryan Wach said his son Zane Wach, 14, experienced altitude sickness while climbing California's Mount Whitney and seemed to be hallucinating before walking off the side of the trail.

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At the summit of Mount Whitney, 14-year-old Zane Wach and his father Ryan smile for a photo shortly before Zane fell 150 feet on the steep mountain.

Whitney Fowler’s free spirited, light-hearted voice is now forever a memory to hold on to for her mother Christina Hallenbeck.

Rescue personnel and law enforcement units in Inyo County conducted a nighttime rescue on Mount Whitney last week after a hiker fell 300 feet down a steep slope while hiking with a group.