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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The stone hut atop Mt. Whitney was built in 1909. (Mary Forgione / Los Angeles Times) Sometime around 3 a.m. on July 5 last summer ...

At 3 a.m. on June 10, my brother-in-law Dan and I started walking uphill from the Whitney Portal trailhead. Our goal: the top of California’s 14,494-foot Mount Whitney, three hours north of Los ...

A delightful camping destination offering scenic parks and mountain trails, adventurous vacationers are sure to enjoy the so-called "other side of California." ...

A hiker has been missing for days after setting out to hike the tallest mountain in California, rescuers said. Now, authorities are searching for clues about his whereabouts. On Oct. 17, Tom Gerbier ...

Officials found two hikers dead after they went missing while climbing on Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the "lower 48" states. The pair were reported missing on Tuesday evening by a third ...

A Rancho Santa Fe boy became one of the youngest people to ever complete the “portal to peak” hike on Mount Whitney earlier this month. Anthony Slosar, 6, set out with his family in the early hours of ...