Rescue crews urge inexperienced or under-resourced hikers to hire a guide when tackling high-altitude peaks like Mt. Whitney, ...

After SAR rescued two heavily-laden, inexperienced hikers from the Lower 48's highest peak, they had some strong advice to ...

Two hikers were recently rescued while climbing Mt. Whitney. They were carrying an absurd amount of gear – a glimpse of what ...

Stunning views of a high-altitude lake and the Sierra Mountains will be your reward for an adventurous six-mile trek.

Mount Whitney is nestled on the edge of beautiful Sequoia National Park in Northern California, rising 14,494 feet (4,418 meters) above some of the world's oldest and largest tree specimens. Mount ...

On Tuesday, Niziol, who was from South Lake Tahoe, and Bolan, who had just finished adoctoral studies in physics at UC Davis, failed to report back to their camp at the Upper Boy Scout Lake, which ...

Earlier this month, a rather interesting search and rescue operation took place in California, and lessons learned from that ...

The endangered species suffered steep declines during the winter of 2022-2023, but fared better this past year.

This remote mountain town has had its ups and downs. In recent years famous races put it on the map, but some knew of its ...

Nipper's believed to be the 15th person to climb all peaks 11,000 feet or taller (known as "11ers" in the hiking community) ...