As Bay Area residents get rained on, people in the Sierra Nevada are seeing a different sign of the shifting season. Mammoth Mountain Ski Area woke up to its first dusting of snow at the summit, ...

This was the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party, the first European Americans to cross the Sierra Nevada with wagons. All 52 people survived the journey to California, including two infants who were born ...

New research shows that the small glaciers that overlook Yosemite National Park predate humans coming to North America. And soon they'll be gone.

The mountain glaciers of Yosemite National Park are projected to melt away in 75 years or less. Now, new research finds that their loss will be the first time humans have ever seen the Sierra Nevada ...

The winter sports season is two months away, but signs of winter weather are returning to the Sierra Nevada. The mountain range received its first snowfall of the season Friday morning.

Sierra Nevada mountain glaciers in the western United States are on the verge of disappearance in 75 years or less. According to a new research study published in the journal Science Advances, this is ...

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out Everest has steep competition.

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Jornet’s adventure, dubbed States of Elevation, involves climbing all the 14,000-foot peaks in the Lower 48 and traveling between them by foot and bicycle. He climbed 56 Colorado mountains in 16 days ...

"If you love the great outdoors, US Route 395 is the perfect drive. The California stretch may not get as much hype as the famed Pacific Coast Highway, but it's a gateway to bucket-list scenic ...