A falling rock struck and killed a hiker in North Fork of Lone Pine Creek Trail near Mt. Whitney in California, the third hiker fatality in a week.

If you're looking for a destination filled with a Wild West atmosphere, this California town nestled within the mountains has a long frontier history.

Harris Levinson was 61 when he was the victim of a "fatal fall" into the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek, according to Inyo ...

A fire is burning near Mt. Whitney, east of the San Joaquin Valley in the Inyo National Forest. Evacuations have been called for areas near Lone Pine.

You can't miss Lone Pine along Hwy. 395. Just look for the one-stoplight Western-style town 10,772 feet directly below the continental U.S.'s tallest mountain, Mt. Whitney, at 14,505 feet tall.

6 VIEW ALL PHOTOS 5.8 earthquake centered near Lone Pine, Calif., causes rock slides in Mount Whitney (Photo: Heath Jobe) Share TOPICS: California,United States Kern County,California,United States ...

LONE PINE, Calif. (AP) — A magnitude of 5.8 earthquake struck a remote area of central California on Wednesday, apparently triggering a rock slide in the Sierra Nevada.

A pilot from France who disappeared while hiking California’s towering Mount Whitney was found dead after falling about 1,000 feet (305 meters) off a cliff, the National Park Service said Friday ...

A fire is burning near Mt. Whitney, east of the San Joaquin Valley in the Inyo National Forest. Evacuations have been called for areas near Lone Pine.

A fire is burning near Mt. Whitney, east of the San Joaquin Valley in the Inyo National Forest. Evacuations have been called for areas near Lone Pine.