Mount Whitney hiker dies after falling off 99 Switchbacks

Also in June, a 14-year-old Santa Clarita boy suffered severe injuries when he began hallucinating and walked off a ledge ...
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Mt. Whitney is one tough hike. Here's how to train for it

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 ...

Hiker named after falling to his death on Mount Whitney

A man fell to his death on Mount Whitney over the weekend, Inyo County Search and Rescue reported Monday. According to a ...
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Hiker Killed After Slipping and Falling Down Mt. Whitney’s 99 Switchbacks

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

Mt. Whitney trails are closed even to hikers with permits

You’ve trained and you scored permits in the annual lottery, but you still can’t go to the top of 14,505-foot Mt. Whitney. The southern Sierra peak has been off-limits to hikers this spring, a ...

Mt. Whitney has already claimed a hiker's life, weeks into the snow season

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