Several Sierra Nevada passes and other high-elevation roads were closed for the winter as of 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16.

The Highway Fire was reported by Nevada County emergency officials around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, and within an hour evacuation orders were in place.

The biggest snowstorm of the season is underway in portions of California and Nevada, where snow will be measured in feet, not inches. Some portions of the Sierra Nevada could see as much as 10 to ...

This is the cover for GSA Field Guide 34. Formation of the Sierra Nevada Batholith: Magmatic and Tectonic Processes and Their Tempos Edited by Vali Memeti, Scott R. Paterson, and Keith D. Putirka ...

Drivers attempting to get to Tahoe despite highway and interstate closures created a nightmare for tow companies and highway patrol.

Revisiting zircon Eu anomaly as a proxy for crustal thickness: A case study of the Sierra Nevada Batholith Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Published: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl ...

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 drivers.

I’m officially out of the mountains in the Mineral King area – the field work went great, we collected some fabulous Triassic-Jurassic rhyolites from a pendant in the Sierra Nevada Batholith ...

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