First weekend of summer bringing critical fire conditions to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley and snow showers to the ...

The Sierra Nevada is a seismically active region of the United States, and seismic wave recording can be used to map the disappearing lithosphere. That's how scientists know what's gone and what's ...

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 ...

California's drought conditions improved after early winter storms brought widespread rain and much-needed snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Nearly 98 percent of the state remains in at least ...

MAMMOTH LAKES — Flying thousands of feet above the Sierra Nevada in a plane equipped with specialized imaging devices, Elizabeth Carey has been scanning the mountains with lasers to precisely ...

California Snow Map Shows Areas to Be Hit Hardest. ... Meanwhile, high elevation areas above 5,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada mountains are expecting up to 4 feet of snow during the same time period.

Rancho Santa Fe native Parker Clark is an adventurer who has backpacked, skied and climbed his way through the Sierra Nevada mountain range for over a decade. In one seven-month stretch, he found ...