Zane Wach, 14, was taken off of ventilators during his ongoing medically-induced coma nearly a month after the boy wandered ...

A California teen, who was placed in a coma after he hallucinated and walked off a cliff while hiking, is now breathing on ...

The health update comes after the 14-year-old walked off the edge of Mount Whitney while hoking with his father after ...

But hiking Mount Whitney in under 24 hours is a big day to say the least. You'll climb just over 6,000 feet of elevation at challenging altitudes in a single day.

Hikers can either do Mount Whitney in a day, as about 60% of people did in 2022, according to permit data, or camp at Trail Camp (elevation 12,000 feet) the night prior to making their summit attempt.

A French pilot was found dead hiking in California after a two-day search in Mount Whitney, the National Park Service said Friday.. Tom Gerbier, 38, reportedly fell 1,000 feet during a hike at ...

The Mount Whitney Trail starts in the Inyo National Forest at Whitney Portal, 8,300 feet above sea level. ... Day-use permits grant hikers access from midnight to midnight the next day, ...

A California teen who walked off a cliff while experiencing altitude-related hallucinations on the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states has begun a slow recovery but remains in a ...

The Whitney massif protrudes from the sawtooth Southern Sierra like a spiked crown. On a clear day from its summit, it’s said you can see Mount Diablo in the Bay Area or even as far north as ...