But none were quite as formidable as the snowy granite mountain range rising east of Sacramento. Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many ...

California's Sierra Nevada mountains are the state's largest mountain range ... the Basin in 1868. The most tragic chapter occurred in 1847 when The Donner Party, a group of 87 explorers were ...

Northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra are experiencing an above-normal snowpack as the new year begins, with levels ranging ...

Unfortunately there are very few Sierra Nevada red foxes left. They’re among the rarest mammal species in North America. Already highly vulnerable to extinction due to their perilously small ...