The stone building atop Mt. Whitney, the 14,505-foot peak above Lone Pine, Calif., is on many hikers' bucket lists. (Mary Forgione) You've trained and you scored permits in the annual lottery, but you ...

I left the Whitney Portal Trailhead right at midnight, the sheer granite gorge brightening under another starry night in California's spectacular High Sierra. Elevation at the trailhead is just under ...

LONE PINE (CBS SF) -- More than a dozen aftershocks to continued to ramble through the eastern Sierra near Mount Whitney Thursday, forcing rangers to delay searching for possible victims and assessing ...

A Weldon resident dreamed of summiting Mt. Whitney when he was 65 years old, a goal he last achieved on his 15th birthday. However, this goal spun into something much larger. KERNVILLE, Calif. (KERO) ...

Mount Whitney is one of those places that quietly sits at the top of many adventure wish lists. Standing tall at 14,505 feet (4,421 metres), it is the highest peak in the contiguous United States and ...