Sometime around 3 a.m. on July 5 last summer, as I drove along Whitney Portal Road, I thought about a lyric from Phoebe Bridgers’ album "Punisher." “Why would somebody do this on purpose when they ...

Five words: Jack Ryan Greener muttered them over and over as he hiked the rocky mess of a trail toward the top of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous U.S. Rage on. Stay focused. Believe.

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 ...

The first step on the challenging trail to the 14,505-foot summit of Mt. Whitney begins months ahead of time when thousands enter a lottery for a trail permit. This year’s online lottery, delayed by ...

LONE PINE (CBS SF) -- More than a dozen aftershocks to continued to ramble through the eastern Sierra near Mount Whitney Thursday, forcing rangers to delay searching for possible victims and assessing ...