Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hiker died trying to summit Mount Whitney solo after their partner turned back, search and rescue officials said. The hiker’s ...

The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office recovered a body on Mount Whitney on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. A hiker who attempted to summit the peak has been missing for weeks. Photo from Ross Stone via Unsplash ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...