A body recovered on Mount Whitney has been identified as a 21-year-old hiker who went missing in November. Joseph Brambila ...

After multiple helicopter and ground operations, officials said, they successfully found and recovered the dead individual. Brambila's body was found on a section of a Mt. Whitney trail called the 99 ...

The Inyo County Coroner’s Office confirmed on Saturday, December 20, that the body recovered from Mt. Whitney was Joseph ...

A hiker died on Mount Whitney last weekend, falling off a cliff on a steep part of the trail, Inyo County Search & Rescue said. Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. reopens with consolidated staff and ...

Weeks after a hiker went missing during his attempt to summit Mount Whitney solo, searchers have recovered a body on California’s highest peak, officials said. Joseph Brambila set out to climb the ...

On Thursday, after “multiple helicopter-assisted and ground operations,” the body was finally recovered. While official identification of the body is pending, authorities have been searching for ...

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 under ...

December 21, 2025 – Inyo County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on December 20, 2025, the Inyo County Coroner’s Office confirmed the identity of the deceased individual recovered from Mt.

Rescue crews searched Mt. Whitney on Saturday for a Texas man who went missing last week while attempting to summit the notoriously challenging peak in frigid and snowy conditions. Taylor Rodriguez, a ...

A hiker died on Mount Whitney last weekend, falling off a cliff on a steep part of the trail, Inyo County Search & Rescue said. 8 California high school athletes out on a run hit, injured by car in ...