R escuers recently saved three hikers on Mount Whitney in two separate incidents - including a man who called for help after ...

CHP Helicopter H-42 returned to assist, meeting eight SAR volunteers in Lone Pine. One rescuer was flown to Trail Camp, and another was hoisted to the accident site. With the help of the bystanders, ...

Mount Whitney, one of the tallest mountains in the United States, has an elevation of 14,505 feet at the summit ...

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 on Mount Whitney last weekend, falling off a cliff on a steep part of the trail, Inyo County Search & Rescue said. The fall was reported on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 25, on the 99 ...

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 hiker died after falling from an icy trail and plunging over a cliff on a California mountain, rescuers say. Inyo County Search and Rescue got a report of a possible death “on Mount Whitney in the ...

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

A California teen who walked off a cliff while experiencing altitude-related hallucinations on the tallest mountain in the Lower 48 states has begun a slow recovery but remains in a medically induced ...