If you're looking for a Sierra Nevada lake escape but can't deal with the Lake Tahoe crowds, this is the destination for you.

California is among the states with the most mountain ranges. But, of the 300-plus individual ranges listed in the territory by the United States Geological Survey, there's one that really stands out ...

Pacific storm moves into California this weekend to deliver plenty of snow, but freezing temps and strong wind as well. A strong winter storm will bring widespread rain and mountain snow to California ...

From satellite images taken over a period of 26 years, a team at the UCO shows how a system of irrigation channels dating back to the Roman Empire increases the water content of the soil adjacent to ...

A road leads the way towards the Sierra Nevada of California - Alex Potemkin/Getty Images There are thousands of named mountain ranges in the United States of America. From the East Coast to the West ...

Cold temperatures made a rare visit to the Sierra Nevada mountains in California and left behind snowfall this weekend, according to officials. The middle and higher elevations of Sierra Nevada in ...

WASHINGTON — Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could remain the same or even increase at high elevations. That’s bad news for ...

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 ...