Over the weekend, a hiker fell in the “99 Switchbacks” section of Whitney's main trail, according to the Inyo County ...

Severe weather complicated a multi-day effort to recover the body of a hiker who fell to his death along Mt. Whitney's ...

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 ...

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 on Mount Whitney's main trail died after slipping on a notoriously steep section of granite en route to the summit.

A hiker died after falling from an icy trail and plunging over a cliff on a California mountain, rescuers say. Inyo County ...

Also in June, a 14-year-old Santa Clarita boy suffered severe injuries when he began hallucinating and walked off a ledge ...

The return of winter has already claimed a life on the tallest mountain in the continental United States, with the death of a hiker on slippery Mount ...

The incident took place around 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, when authorities were alerted that an unidentified hiker had ...

A man fell to his death on Mount Whitney over the weekend, Inyo County Search and Rescue reported Monday. According to a ...

October 28, 2025 – Inyo County Search & Rescue officials report that just before 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 25, 2025, Inyo County Search and Rescue (SAR) received a report of a possible fatality ...