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

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 ...

I leaned in silence against Mt. Whitney’s granite rock face, taking in the view soon after finishing a series of 99 grueling switchbacks. During that roughly two-mile stretch, I was giddy.

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 ...