Bad luck and poor decisions turned the already dangerous trek from Missouri to California into a fatal affair for roughly ...

California could experience three consecutive years of snowpack reaching 100 percent of normal levels for the first time this ...

The nearby Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, Europe's southernmost ski resort, offers more than 68 miles of slopes with chair lifts and gondolas throughout. During the summer, lifts transport visitors to ...

The mountain range straddling California and Nevada has had mostly warm storms this winter. Finally, a cold one has piled up ...

One of the world’s most iconic long-distance hiking trails for hiking enthusiasts is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It ...

The Sierra Nevada wring moisture from winter storms that develop ... precipitation arrives. In southern Nevada, the summer is relatively wet, but in northern Nevada, the summer is usually quite dry.

Ski resorts in the central Sierra Nevada have received multiple feet of snow in the first half of February, thanks to recent ...

The grand engineering feat of the Sierra Nevada would have to wait until the following year. Summer 1866 saw construction of the Grizzly Hill and Emigrant Gap Tunnels (Tunnels No. 1 and 2 ...

The NWS Sacramento CA issued a weather alert at 7:02 a.m. on Sunday for snow showers until 8:30 a.m. for West Slope Northern ...

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings across the Sierra Nevada that begin Monday morning, holding until Wednesday morning. The timing is staggered as the storm travels ...