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

For a touch of history and plenty of creative, family-friendly activities, head to this emerging Nevada town that boasts ...

Tom Stephenson, who leads the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery Program, said the number of ewes, or female sheep, counted this summer is about the same as the previous summer. Plus ...

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.

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 ...

Ski resorts in the central Sierra Nevada have received multiple feet of snow in the first half of February, thanks to recent winter storms. The new snow has created great conditions for skiing and ...

The statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides nearly ... the state’s cities and farms can expect each spring and summer into rivers and reservoirs. Snow fell steadily at Phillips Station ...

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 ...