MT. WHITNEY'S SUMMIT — The final stretch of ... we made great time to Iceberg Lake, at 12,600 feet. That’s where the Mountaineer’s Route turns dramatically upward, a ribbon of snow and ...

By April 1 the Southern Sierra region, home to Mount Whitney, sat at 300 percent of ... “You can plainly see the snow from Iceberg Lake at the base of his route,” said Huetter.

With the help of bystanders “who dropped everything,” a man was rescued after he fell while descending Mt. Whitney ... man “to a landing zone near Iceberg Lake,” rescuers said.

Mount Whitney is seen from the Alabama Hills in 2005 ... 28, a resident of South Lake Tahoe, and Patty Bolan, 29, who had just completed her doctoral studies in physics at UC Davis.

Two climbers are dead following an incident on 14,505-foot Mount Whitney in California ... down to their camp at Upper Boy Scout Lake. When the two did not arrive at their destination, a third ...

They were reported to have plans to ski and snowboard from Mount Whitney's "notch" to Upper Boy Scout Lake where they had camp set up. The person who reported them as missing had been hiking with ...

The bodies of two missing hikers were recovered from the north face of Mount Whitney on Thursday. The hikers were identified as Andrew Niziol, 28, a resident of South Lake Tahoe, and Patty Bolan ...

Mt. Whitney, about four hours north of Los Angeles ... we made great time to Iceberg Lake, at 12,600 feet. That’s where the Mountaineer’s Route turns dramatically upward, a ribbon of snow ...