A well-known and beloved Washington state teacher plummeted to his death just two miles into a planned solo backpack trek ...

Harris Levinson, 61, vanished while undertaking a 140-mile hike earlier this month and after friends sounded the alarm, ...

A n island community in Washington is mourning the loss of a beloved former high school teacher who died one day into a trek ...

A backpacker who went missing on a trek from Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley was found dead just two miles from his starting ...

First came the coronavirus closure. Then came an earthquake-triggered rockslide that shut down Whitney Portal. As the days ticked closer to July 5, our permit date to hike Mt. Whitney, I was sure ...

Harris Levinson was a teacher at Vashon High School, where he taught Spanish and other subjects. He left the school in 2017 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re hoping to climb Mt. Whitney in 2023, Wednesday is the beginning of the drama. That’s when U.S. Forest Service officials open the monthlong lottery for permits at Recreation.gov. The ...

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.