A hiker died Sunday after being struck by a falling rock near California’s Mount Whitney, marking the third fatality within one week on the mountain. On Sunday morning, Inyo County Search ...

For hikers based in the United States, that research typically leads to one place: Mount Whitney. Located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, the peak of Mount Whitney stands at a ...

Two California hikers who went missing earlier this week on Mount Whitney have been found dead, authorities said. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call on Tuesday around 8:30 ...

INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (AP) — Two climbers reported missing this week on California’s towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said Thursday. A friend who had been with the climbers called ...

Bolan and Niziol decided to trek to Mount Shasta before they would summit Mount Whitney. They died May 7 from blunt force trauma during a hiking accident on the the tallest mountain in the ...

INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (AP) — Two climbers reported missing this week on California’s towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said Thursday. A friend who had been with the ...