A hiker died trying to summit Mount Whitney solo after their partner turned back, search and rescue officials said. The hiker ...

The hiker was found by an extremely steep, icy, treacherous section below the summit where climbers have slipped and died in ...

The hiker continued their ascent after their partner turned back.

The hiker was reported missing Monday after failing to descend the mountain and reunite with a hiking companion, who had ...

The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office recovered a body on Mount Whitney on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. A hiker who attempted to summit the peak has been missing for weeks. Photo from Ross Stone via Unsplash ...

A body recovered on Mount Whitney has been identified as a 21-year-old hiker who went missing in November. Joseph Brambila vanished during an attempt to summit California’s highest peak solo to ...

A hiker who kept climbing California's Mount Whitney after a fellow hiker turned around has been found dead, according to a ...

The unidentified hiker was reported missing after failing to descend Mount Whitney on Monday, Jan. 18 ...

A hiker died while attempting to climb Mt. Whitney this past weekend, one of a few recent fatalities that prompted the Inyo County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team to ...

It was August 2013, and we were clambering up the majestic and regal unrealness that is Mt. Whitney, a mountain both inviting and unforgiving in its margin for errors. That was the first time we'd ...