Another wildfire off Whitney Portal Road was contained Monday. The Alabama Fire was started Friday by lightning and burned 560 acres west of the Alabama Hills area.

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 ...

It’s old fashioned, yes — no map programs or GPS — but it works. The U.S. Forest Service limits the number of people in some wilderness areas, including Mt. Whitney.

The quake struck at 10:49 a.m. Wednesday. The epicenter was in Owens Lake, about 10 miles south of Lone Pine and 17 miles southeast of Whitney Portal.

The Whitney Portal campgrounds are being evacuated due to rockslides caused by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the Lone Pine area on Wednesday afternoon.

Searchers in Inyo County, where his hike began, soon found his vehicle still parked at Whitney Portal. Using data from the Garmin, searchers on the ground then located Levinson's body at 9,400 ...

The Mount Whitney Trail starts in the Inyo National Forest at Whitney Portal, 8,300 feet above sea level. The trail gains over 6,200 feet of elevation before reaching the summit in Sequoia ...

Firefighting efforts are concentrated on the lightning-caused fire’s southern flank near Whitney Portal, a popular starting point for hikes up Mt. Whitney. Campgrounds, homes […] ...

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 ...

Another wildfire off Whitney Portal Road was contained Monday. The Alabama Fire was started Friday by lightning and burned 560 acres west of the Alabama Hills area.