The Sierra Nevada mountain range boasts some of the best rock climbing, clearest alpine lakes, and most epic ski terrain in the world. But the story of the Sierra Nevada goes far beyond humanity’s ...

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 ...

Nevada and the Eastern Sierra saw back-to-back winters with above median peak snowpacks in 2023 and 2024. Water year 2025 is off to a good start, however, it is still too early to predict a three ...

The Big Melt is finally underway in the Sierra Nevada range, and soon there will be few wild places beyond the reach of water sounds: dripping, gurgling and roaring as runoff flows from lofty ...

We were at mile 135 of a 400-mile drive across Nevada’s high desert to Great Basin National Park, one of the least-visited destinations in the entire national park system. The horizon was a 360 ...

And based on climate station data, February temperatures in Nevada were, on average, 1.44 F above normal. That may not bode well for Nevada’s snowpack as warmer spring and summer months arrive.

The mountain range straddling California and Nevada has had mostly warm storms this winter. Finally, a cold one has piled up multiple feet of snow. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based ...

Picturesque peaks stretch from coast to coast. The best mountain ranges in the U.S. offer stunning scenery, skiing, hiking, accessible viewpoints, and more.