Hiking season is well underway in the Eastern Sierra, with visitors showing up before dawn to ascend 6,200 feet of elevation ...

That was the first utterance I heard as I strolled through the parking lot at the Mount Whitney trailhead earlier ... but all the way up the notorious 99 switchbacks, where hikers gain 1,800 ...

I was lacing up my hiking boots by 12:05 a.m. “We’ve started up a few switchbacks on the old Mount Whitney Trail. I’m already too hot and have to ditch my insulated jacket. Just passed a ...

But the climbing you’re doing to train for Mt. Whitney starts in earnest on the Jones Peak Trail, which rises through chaparral and sage scrub in relentless switchbacks on its way to the summit.

The summit of Mt. Whitney in the great Sierra was just about ... After a short while, I reached the notorious "99 switchbacks" section where the trail became extremely dangerous as it steeply ...

Elevation at the trailhead is just under 8,400 feet, and the summit of famed Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the Lower 48, looms at 14,505 feet. It was going to be a good, long day tackling ...