I love setting superlative goals: run faster than I’ve ever run before, travel the farthest I’ve ever been from home, scale the tallest mountain in the Lower 48. There’s something rewarding about ...

The sun started to rise, bathing the Sierra Nevada in a red glow that I had seen only in postcards until then. I leaned in silence against Mt. Whitney’s granite rock face, taking in the view soon ...

It may not come as a shock when I tell you that hiking to the summit of Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain peak in the Lower 48, won’t be easy. First, you’ll need to navigate the complex permit process ...

Once a fancy steakhouse, a carousel-shaped restaurant located in the Eastern Sierra town of Lone Pine feeds famished hikers ...

Mount Whitney is seen from the Alabama Hills in 2005. On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the bodies of two hikers who went missing after summiting the state’s tallest peak were recovered following a 24-hour ...

This spring, experienced hikers might score the chance to cross the tallest mountain in California (and the lower 48 states) off their bucket list. The Mount Whitney lottery opened on Feb. 1 for the ...

Off-topic from my usual videos, I climbed the summit of Mount Whitney for the first time with a couple of my best friends.

Two climbers died after going missing while hiking on Mount Whitney, California’s highest peak, authorities confirmed to The Sacramento Bee. The hikers were identified by the Tulare County Sheriff’s ...