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

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

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

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

Harris Levinson, a high school teacher from Washington state, fell 100 feet to his death into the North Fork of Lone Pine ...

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

The John Muir Trail, or JMT, hovers around 8,000 feet of elevation for most of its 211 miles through California's Sierra Nevada range. Here's how to start planning your thru hike.

A missing hiker from Washington state was found dead after he didn’t pick up his food cache, California officials said.

The John Muir Trail From north to south the trail starts in Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and winds to Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States.

There is no faking your way to 11,955-foot Muir Pass, a 4,000-foot climb over 9 miles, or to the 14,498-foot Whitney Summit from Whitney Portal, another killer, 10 miles with a 6,100-foot ...

Three days: That's how long it took endurance athlete Jeff Garmire to finish the John Muir Trail. But from health scares to falling asleep while hiking, it was anything but a casual stroll.

A man from Washington was found dead by search and rescue teams after he had gone missing while attempting to hike the John ...