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 ...

The Whitney Portal is the gateway to Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous U.S. and the trailhead for the Mt. Whitney Trail, according to KPIX-TV. Chrissinger told Storyful he was standing ...

Wednesday’s earthquake of 5.8 magnitude triggered several rockslides in the Whitney Portal area, causing closure of the road to the Mount Whitney trailhead and the campground there. The campground was ...

I left the Whitney Portal Trailhead right at midnight, the sheer granite gorge brightening under another starry night in California's spectacular High Sierra. Elevation at the trailhead is just under ...

What: Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous U.S. at 14,505 feet. Where: West of Lone Pine. Trailhead: At the end of Whitney Portal Road. Trail: 11 miles long (10.7 miles to be exact).

The Inyo Creek Fire has burned more than 400 acres near Mt. Whitney in the Inyo National Forest. National Forest Service Days after a lightning-caused wildfire shut down access to Mt. Whitney in the ...