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 ...

Evacuations at Whitney Portal were initiated Sunday just before 4 p.m. as the fire grew to 50 acres with zero containment and began to threaten access to the lone road in or out of the Portal ...

Whitney Portal and the trail to the top of the tallest peak in the contiguous U.S. remains closed after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake triggered rockslides on the steep, craggy mountainsides.