Nevada Highway Patrol was not immune from the shenanigans. Officer Charles Caster said he stopped a driver on Sunday who had 30 inches of snow atop his Ford Bronco.

Several Sierra Nevada passes and other high-elevation roads were closed for the winter as of 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16. An announcement by the California Department of Transportation noted these ...

High in the Sierra Nevada, perched at 11,423-foot Piute Pass, the map maker scanned across the landscape that he cherishes. Below were Desolation Lakes, sprinkled in a cirque at the western foot ...

In some places, the Sierra Nevada is made up of smaller mountain ranges that splinter off the main crest, like long fingers pointing toward the sagebrush-studded deserts of the Great Basin.

GPS Mapped a Harrowing Detour in the Sierra Nevada. Public safety officials warned that alternate routes offered by apps like Google Maps and Waze don’t always take into account hazards to ...

More than a week after two bodies were found at separate Sierra Nevada sites, one of the deceased is still unidentified. The map above shows the approximate locations of the discoveries. 1/ Jan ...

Although it may be tempting to head up to Tahoe this weekend officials are warning travel will be "difficult to impossible" as a winter storm is expected to dump several feet of snow in the Sierra.

Sierra Nevada Adventure Guide Redefines Outdoor Literature True Nature: Hidden in the High Sierra, the groundbreaking new ...

Update: Click here for a more recent article including this map. Containment of the Mosquito Fire, California’s second largest wildfire of the season, rose to 25% amid cool weather and light winds.

The drought has killed an estimated 100 million trees in California since 2010. But it’s been uneven – some areas have been decimated, while others are unscathed. A new study tries to answer ...

Update, July 11: The Beckwourth Complex fire is at 83,926 acres with 8% containment. Click here for the updated article. The Sugar Fire, one of two wildfires in the Beckwourth Complex, has reached ...