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 ...

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 ...

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

KRON San Francisco. Spring snowfall blankets Sierra Nevada mountains. Posted: April 2, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. Winter is over, but to the delight of skiers and snowboarders, snow is ...

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 ...

Extreme drought was nearly wiped out in California due in large part to a series of winter storms that drenched the state and improved its vital snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, according ...

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 ...

Map Shows Where Drivers in California Told Not to Take Detours. ... On Monday, a winter storm was bringing heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada mountains and into the Intermountain West.

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 ...

With more than two months left in the wet season, snowfall in the Central Sierra Nevada mountains has already reached 100% of yearly average with an additional three inches of snow that fell over ...

Wyatt Nance, 15, needed a project that benefits the community to become an Eagle Scout. He set his sights on an entire ...